Sentences with phrase «as problem gamblers»

Because the adult rates of problem gambling are lower than the adolescent rates, there is reason to believe that many adolescents who are classified as problem gamblers may not go on to become adult problem gamblers.

Around 25,000 children in the UK are currently classed as problem gamblers, and some two million adults classed as at - risk of developing a problem, making early preventative education in schools a top priority.

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However, up until fairly recently, UK gamblers have been facing the very same problem as gamblers in other parts of the world — playing at online casinos where, quite frankly, the house edge is out of control!

FOBTs may work for the bookmakers and the taxman - but not for problem gamblers, their families or society as a whole.»

But research shows that new casinos do not so much alter gamblers» destinations as create new gamblers and more gambling, with all the attendant problems of debt, addiction and crime.

«Gamblers Anonymous remains a viable and accessible option for people with problem gambling, but its effectiveness alone as a treatment option needs to be evaluated comprehensively to determine any gaps and improve care for these individuals,» said Dr. Matheson.

The findings have important implications for problem gambling, as delusions of expertise are likely to be most prevalent in skill - oriented games and in serious, otherwise rational, performance - tracking gamblers.

Women seemed to benefit from Gamblers Anonymous as much as men initially, viewing it as a source of hope for their problem gambling.

And although there have been frequent stories in the media about women who are gambling addicts, men are more than twice as likely as women to be problem gamblers.

Previous research by Welte found that people are twice as likely to be problem gamblers if they live within 10 miles of a casino.

Our purpose is to serve as the national advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families.

The Gambler stars John Goodman, Brie Larson, as Mark Wahlberg plays a professor of literature who has a gambling problem and runs into a group of gangsters that threaten more than his life.

In Moreira et al v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. et al 2012 ONSC 2304 three gamblers sued an Ontario casino because of what they saw as a problem with the way the roulette wheel was operated.

Our purpose is to serve as the national advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families.

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So although environment can provoke a person to become a problem gambler, I do not see it as being a major factor.

Thus, a youth described as an in - transition gambler may be moving toward problem gambling, or may be moving away from problem gambling (Shaffer, Hall and Vander Bilt, 1997).

Because youth experience a wide range of problems associated with gambling, it is not useful to simply describe young gamblers as «problem gamblers» or «non-problem gamblers.»

A pilot study of problem gambling among student online gamblers: mood states as predictors of problematic behaviour

During Phase 2, 13 interviews with family members of problem gamblers recruited from specialist problem gambling treatment agencies and 19 interviews with family members of problem gamblers recruited from other services such as drug and alcohol and family service agencies in Australia were conducted.

In response to the open - ended question about gambling - related coping strategies, the responses were coded under four major themes reflecting strategies the participants used to cope with family member's problem gambling: (1) financial control including taking over the finances; (2) supportive engagement including talking, rationalising, giving advice; (3) help - seeking including support for the gambler to attend counselling; and (4) avoidance and denial such as keeping away from the gambler and doing their own thing.

Extended family members of problem gamblers, such as parents, are also financially and emotionally affected, especially when the problem gambler has no marital or intimate partner willing or able to act as a primary caregiver (Hodgins et al., 2006; Patford, 2007).

These results seem to support the hypotheses that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence perpetration by the problem gambler as a manifestation of financial stress and crisis within the home (Afifi et al., 2010; Korman et al., 2008; Muelleman et al., 2002) and that problem gambling directly or indirectly leads to family violence victimisation towards the problem gambler as a manifestation of family conflict related to stressors caused by problem gambling activity, such as lack of trust (Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008).

The literature also suggests that couple relationships may become entrenched in a cyclical process, with problem gamblers experiencing an increased need to gamble as partners try to control their behaviour (Tremblay & Brisson, 2007).

Other studies also show family members of problem gamblers most often engage in controlling strategies, such as exercising control of the finances and searching for evidence of gambling (Krishnan & Orford, 2002; Orford et al., 2005).