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Gambling can be defined as playing a game of chance for stakes. Gambling occurs in many forms, most commonly pari-mutuels (horse and dog tracks, off-track-betting parlors, Jai Alai), lotteries, casinos (slot machines, table games), bookmaking (sports books and horse books), card rooms, bingo and the stock market.
Pathological gambling is a progressive disease that devastates not only the gambler but everyone with whom he or she has a significant relationship. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted pathological gambling as a "disorder of impulse control." It is an illness that is chronic and progressive, but it can be diagnosed and treated.

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• Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators Supports the development of services that will reduce the impact of problem gambling. APGSA members are administrators of public funds dedicated to the provision of problem gambling services.
• Chance to Change This is a Christ-centered gambling addiction recovery program, produced for churches.
• Chinese American Problem Gambling Provides information about the Chinese Community Problem Gambling Project in San Francisco, California. Also, provides a problem gambling self-assessment in both Chinese and English.
• Female Gamblers Contains articles by women gamblers in recovery.
• Forman Consulting - Prevention of Problem Gambling Dedicated to the prevention of problem gambling and other addictive behavior at high schools, colleges and workplace. Based in New England.
• Gambler Addiction Index (GAI) This site presents the Gambler Addiction Index (GAI), a test for gambler problem and pathiology assessment.
• Gambling Assistance Program A new program in Australia to monitor problem gamblers and help remove them from gaming venues.
• Gambling Related Issues Links provided by the Minnesota Institute of Public Health. Includes "Beyond the Odds", their quarterly newsletter on problem and compulsive gambling.
• Gambling with the Good Life This site is dedicated to preserving "Good Life" by opposing expanded gambling in the state of Nebraska, U.S.A..
• Know the Odds Education to prevent the harmful effects of problem gambling. Curriculum materials for schools and colleges and free downloadable exercises by schools.
• National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling An organization that opposes the gambling industry.
• National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling Opposing the gambling industry through education and local activism. Contains details of current initiatives, advice and tools for activists, calendar and newsletter.
• National Responsible Gaming Programme Helping prevent the development of problems associated with gaming in Africa.
• North American Training Institute Home Page Specializes in responsible programs for the gaming and wagering industries, professional, accredited training programs, and in senior citizen and adolescent compulsive gambling issues. Includes Wanna Bet? magazine for kids concerned about gambling.
• Northern Rivers Gambling Service A counseling service for problem gamblers and their families. Situated in Northern New South Wales, Australia.
• Northern Rivers Gambling Service Offering help for problem gamblers and those affected by problem gambling.
• Northern Rivers Gambling Service Provides help for problem gamblers and those affected by problem gambling.
• Oregon Gambling Addiction Treatment Division Help is available for every problem gambler in Oregon. This state-funded foundation has reports on adolescent gambling and problem gambling.
• Problem Gambling Diagnosis and treatment of problem gambling.
• Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand This organization addresses gambling problem issues in New Zealand.
• Problem Gambling Hub Providing a hub for the research, treatment, and discussion of problem gambling. A center for the gaming industry and professionals who are concerned with the problem of gambling addiction.
• Problem Gambling in Canada Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse provides academic and government reports on problem gambling in Canada.
• Problem Gambling Survey This site is currently doing a survey for research about poker slot machine gambling addicts.
• Quit Gambling Home website for author of "A Way to Quit Gambling" for compulsive gambling addiction problem.
• Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario) This site is committed to ensuring healthy individuals, families and communities that are free of the personal, social and economic harm resulting from gambling abuse.
• Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario) Help for individuals and communities with gambling issues, including information, awareness, prevention, professional development and research. Includes descriptions of services, news and reports, and list of events.
• Stop Gambling This site is trying to protect the vulnerable from online gambling in the United Kingdom by blocking access to it.
• The Psychology of Gambling Psychological, social, and behavioral viewpoints on pathological gambling.
• United Kingdom - GamCare This organization addresses gambling problem issues in the United Kingdom.
• VOLTS (Video Online Lottery Terminators Society) Attempts to educates the public in Nova Scotia to the dangers of video lottery machines.
• Wannabet.org Magazine for kids concerned about the dangers of gambling addiction.
• Youth Gambling This site concerns a program at McGill University in Quebec, Canada for youth gambling problems.
• Youth Gambling International L'équipe de recherche et de traitement de l'Université McGill se consacre au jeu et aux comportements à risque chez les jeunes. Elle présente sa mission, son histoire et ses résultats de recherche. Montréal, Québec, Canada.

 

 

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