Sentences with phrase «risk of gambling»

The main risk of gambling online in a country where it's illegal is not the criminal prosecution, but losing money when the gambling site or payment service is shut down unexpectedly.

The DGA have implemented these loot box regulations mostly in an attempt to protect children from an increased risk of gambling addiction by allowing them to gamble during their early personal development.

According to the research, led by Dr. Belle Gavriel - Fried of TAU's School of Social Work and conducted by TAU student Idit Sherpsky, in collaboration with Dr. Israel Bronstein of Bar - Ilan University, the participation of male high - school students in competitive sports is associated with problem gambling and gambling frequency, and female students who participate in competitive sports are at a higher risk of gambling frequency.

A new Tel Aviv University study published in The American Journal of Addictions indicates that high - schoolers involved in competitive sports are at an elevated risk of gambling.

This study also goes above and beyond prior research as it shows that gambling youth are not only at risk of gambling problems, which are associated with numerous adverse interpersonal, financial, criminal, and psychiatric consequences, but also at risk for sex - related behaviors such as adolescent pregnancy / impregnation.»

GambleAware hopes other clubs will be encouraged to do the same and recognise their responsibilities in helping to raise awareness of the risks of gambling.

For the past two years, Demos, supported by GambleAware, developed and tested a pilot education programme to teach children about the risks of gambling, and where to go for help and support.

Not exact matches

The 65 - year - old entrepreneur says he learned about risks from his parents who «liked to gamble, leaving me to fend for myself... I learned the difference between gambling, which I do little of, and risk - taking, which I do all the time.»

«Relook at it and if there's a different way to do it, be willing to say «I'm going to forget about all of this and I'm going to take that risk again and I'm going to put all my chips on the table and I'm going to gamble on myself.»»

The gamble for a CEO is a risk that must be taken when aspiring to move the business forward, and you must accept the uncertain future of your bet in that it could also result in costing your job.

House rich, big - spending Canadians are taking a gamble on the risk of an economic shock in Canada, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

Sizemore considers leveraged ETFs «more of a gambling tool that encourage Mom and Pop investors to take risks they can't afford.»

I recently took 2 positions in stocks I think could be multi-baggers, and I generally think I have more gamble in me than most, but I just don't have the guts to risk a meaningful portion of my savings on those real volatile type stocks.

The move is a big gamble on the part of Governor Stephen Poloz, who hopes the rate cut will both spur companies to spend and help fend off low inflation, but the risk is that Canada's already over-indebted households will put themselves in even more danger by taking on excessive leverage.

With the youngest boomer age 50 and most of the generation retiring over the next 16 years, making the right investment decision has become more crucial than ever before, as the risk of making speculative gambles can no longer be entertained.

The most underreported part of this story has been the fact that the $ 6.2 billion in losses were gambles in high risk derivatives made by the Chief Investment Office (CIO) with FDIC insured deposits held in the commercial bank.

Warnings about the risks of investing in the unregulated market have increased - Denmark's central bank governor called it a «deadly» gamble - and there have been worries about the security of exchanges on which cryptocurrencies are bought and sold.

Both stock investing and gambling involve the simple principle of minimizing risk while maximizing profits.

With this discipline self - imposed you'll be less likely to engage in gambling behavior, a method of investment characterized by unrealistic expectations and senseless fiscal risk - taking.

Irene Tang, a gambling - addiction counsellor, has said that the «BCLC's increased weekly limit will pose a challenge for those already at risk of exceeding their personal limit.»

In his book In Praise of Play, Robert Neale discusses in detail these perversions of play: when peace is «inaction»; when freedom is bondage to one need in our psyche which is dominant; when delight is turned into a work agenda; when illusion is maintained at the expense of other needs and is a form of mental illness; when the story is believed, the time limits ignored, and pretending becomes pretension; when a game is played at the expense of others, breaking the rules; when the risk of adventure is perverted and the gamble removed or fatalistically accepted; or when play is done in secret.

Those very features that have made us different from other advanced welfare states, that have even made us seem «backward» at times — the variety of our racial and ethnic groups, the opportunities for creative innovation and experimentation inherent in our sort of federalism, our tradition of voluntarism, and even, within bounds, our attachment to a gambling, risk - taking, profit - making economy — may turn out to be conducive to the implementation of an ecological approach to social policy.

Writing in The Times, Kate Lampard, chairwoman of GambleAware said: «As a society, we should be concerned about the rising risk of harm from wider access and more regular participation in gambling on future generations, resulting in a possible public health crisis in gambling addiction.»

Mr Bolles is currently Deputy Chair The University of Melbourne FBE Alumni Council, Board member and Audit Committee Chair Road Trauma Support Services Victoria, Independent Chair Australian Dairy Farmers Audit, Risk and Compliance; and Remuneration Committees, Advisory Board member The Salvation Army State Social Command Victoria, Prequalified Audit and Risk Committee Independent Member for NSW Government, Registered Director Tasmanian Government Department of Treasury and Finance, past member of CPA / Victorian Government Problem Gambling Advisory Board and of others.

«If you want to play football when you walk on the pitch, you have to accept the gamble and the risk as part of the game.

With a bit more competition for French stand - outs it can only stand to push the prices one way, so with a higher investment for players in a less competitive league I guess the risk / reward is a bit more of a gamble.

As of Monday, Reilly's investigation had uncovered no evidence of point shaving, but the BC scandal revealed a deep and troubling gambling involvement by team members and served as a warning to all college athletes: When they place a bet with a bookie, they are risking more than money or the possibility that bookies might get their hooks into them.

Greater acceptance of gambling coupled with the proliferation of gambling information available on the Internet and on social media means that today a member of the general public potentially can pose as big of a risk to the casinos as the wisest wiseguy.

Arsenal should endeavour to take a gamble by still keeping him despite the risk of losing him for free later in 2018 if he refugees to extend his soon to expire deal at Arsenal.

Arsenal should endeavour to take a gamble by still keeping him despite the risk of losing him for free later in 2018 if he refuses to extend his soon to expire deal at Arsenal.

Sure it's a gamble to hope that Spurs, United, and Everton are not good enough to finish fourth, but I believe that the board seem to have performed some sort of risk assessment.

For the wages we pay Wenger, we could pay one of the best managers in the world, while any manager will be a gamble I do feel that gamble can be less risk if research done fully and finding someone who has shown they can do it over a obscure name could attract players.

Sure, you could gamble on boring things like the point spread or the game MVP — bets that can be based on stuff like «stats» and «logical reasoning» — but it's way more fun to risk large sums of money on the wholly unpredictable: the number of times the announcers say «12th Man,» the color of the postgame Gatorade shower, whether Michael Crabtree mentions Richard Sherman on Twitter.

The Celtics have taken on the risk of relying on four future Hall of Famers who have each played more than 35,000 career minutes: If that gamble backfires and Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen or Paul Pierce happens to break down, then which contender in the East is going to stop the Heat?

There may not be an instant fix, but gambling on Porter, who might be the best scorer in the draft, could be a meaningful risk / reward move and terrific fit for a franchise long in need of a high - level wing.

However, any move upwards of $ 10 million would represent yet another gamble for a Milan side that looks increasingly unable to afford any further risks.

They run a multitude of money back specials and give all new customers a # 20 risk free bet not to mention the fact that they are fully licensed and have a good rep among the online sports gambling community.

This too is a risk, of course, and much less exciting, but gambling on a young player at the very least guarantees more years of service.

Las Vegas is all but trying to get out of the gambling business favoring the «no downside risk» of big shopping malls and EDM night clubs.

Do you really think it's a vile thing that an obstetrician might be unwilling to risk all the years of their training, all the student loans they have yet to pay, potentially their savings, and for sure harm their chance of future employment for the sake of the gamble that the baby MIGHT turn out just fine?

Insure modest gains for the next generation, having great faith in your eventual resurrection rather than selfishly gambling everything on yourself and risking the survival of the human race which is supposed to play a role in your eventual resurrection.

One reason is that having seen the WCA unravel, people seem to have lost faith that it is even possible to have a disability assessment that is either popular or deliverable, making the risks of reform seem like a gamble that is not worth taking in the face of an inevitably losing battle.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, says the funding is intended to help the state strike a balance between offering more gambling options and ensuring there are resources available to help those struggling with addiction or at risk of developing a problem.

But today's reckless gamble with people's livelihoods runs the risk of stifling the fragile recovery.

Mrs May's decision raised questions over why she has taken the risk of putting her future in the hands of voters in «a gamble she didn't need to take».

As pro-EU campaigners seek to highlight the risks of Brexit with a «Better The Devil You Know» strategy, David Cameron has led from the front by calling an Out vote a «step into the dark» and the «gamble of the century».

Nearby casinos elevate the incidence of at - risk, problem and pathological gambling and are also associated with higher crime in areas where they are located.

So millions of workers are to pay the price of the financial crisis: a political gamble for the chancellor as he announced that National Insurance will go up - and public sector pay will be squeezed - to boost growth without putting Britain's economic recovery at risk.

«Today's reckless gamble with people's livelihoods runs the risk of stifling the fragile recovery.»

Participants were given 120 scenarios in which they had to decide between a guaranteed $ 20 payoff and a gamble for bigger cash prizes, with varying degrees of risk.