28th December
Oregon Mail
Tribune
Family
believes gambling led to suicide
28th December
Ontario, Canada
Simcoe.com/Barrie Advance
Casinos
lend money to gamblers only in Ontario
Casino
loans cited as adding to problem gambling
Ontario is
apparently the only province in Canada where casino customers are permitted
to take out a line of credit.
22nd December
Ontario, Canada
Toronto Star
Editorial:
Ontario ignoring gambling addicts
21st December
Nevada Las
Vegas Sun - Liz Bentson
Experts:
Nevada behind in problem gambling treatment
20th December
Ontario, Canada
Toronto Star
Is
compulsive gambling taking a deadly toll? Gaming-related suicide rate jumps
20th December
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
WAFB.com 
Gambler
Arrested After Hitting Jackpot
The unidentified
player had signed up to Louisiana's voluntary self exclusion list in 2001.
19th December
Problem Gambling - Toronto, Canada
Toronto Star
Casinos
playing race card
19th December
Victoria, Australia
The Melbourne Age
Pokie
addiction 'a public health issue'
14th December
Montreal, Canada
Globe & Mail
Safety
council takes aim at problem gambling
13th December
Scotland Glasgow
Herald & Glasgow Evening Times
Casino
culture 'increases problem gambling'
Super
casino in new gambling addiction fear
The study
from the Auckland University of Technology's Gambling Research Centre was
released in September 2004.
Groundbreaking
NZ research challenges conventional views on problem gambling
12th December
Farnham, Buckinghamshire
The Guardian
£9m
fraud by gambling addict
12th December
Richmond, B.C.
Richmond Review
Richmond
deals gambling addiction card
9th December
New Zealand Stuff.co.nz
Pokies
the 'crack cocaine' of gambling, says watchdog
9th December
Las Vegas Las
Vegas Sun - Liz Bentson
Gambling
addiction think tank studied
8th December
Victoria, Australia
Townsville Bulletin/News.com.au
Pokies
addicts to sue for loss
A group called
Action Against Gaming Machines (AAGM) are planning to bring a class action
lawsuit in Victoria claiming that the State's Pokies do not return the
statutory minimum of 87%.
- www.epost.net.au/aagm
6th December
Australia The
Herald Sun - Editorial
Pokies
spawn new criminals
Huge
cost of pokie addiction
Over the last
few years Victorian's addicted to slots have been sentenced to more than
200 years in jail for stealing at least $80 million from their employers,
clients or families.
5th December
Nova Scotia, Canada
My Telus
Don't
bet on anti-gambling device: former addict
4th December
Adelaide, Australia
The Advertiser
Casino
blocks 3500 minors
Adelaide casino
seem to be mounting a stiff defence against the accusation that they allowed
a 17 year old Chinese student gamble away over A$40,000
2nd December
Melbourne, Australia
The Herald Sun
Gambler
jailed for $1m fraud
2nd December
Adelaide News.com.au
& The Advertiser
Asian
student gambling plague
I
blew $40,000 at casino, 17-year-old tells mum
1st December
Adelaide, Australia
News.com.au & ABC News Online
Student,
17, 'lost $40,000 at casino'
Underage
gambler 'lost $45,000 at casino'
The family
of the student have gone public with their story and it has been taken
up by "No Pokies" MP Nick Xenophon.
20th November
Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver Sun
In
the grip of gambling fever
20th November
Victoria, B.C.
My Telus/CBC
B.C.
Liberals have expanded gambling, says minister
16th November
Estonia
Channel News Asia/AFP
Private
casinos leave Estonia with big problem of gambling addiction
14th November
Ontario, Canada Ottawa
Citizen
Bet
on it: Problem gamblers take heart, McGuinty's shrug is his word
13th November
Finland & U.S.
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Somaxon
and BioTie in pathological gambling licensing deal
12th November
Helsinki, Finland
Virtual Finland
BioTie
sells gambling drug licence to US Somaxon
Finnish company
BioTie Therapies has announced Somaxon Pharmaceuticals will licence the
drug Nalmefene in North America.
12th November
Quebec, Canada Globe
& Mail
Man's
suicide a wakeup call about gambling, widow warns
Quebec has 14,000 VLTs in 3,663
bars and restaurants that contributed C$706-million in gaming taxes to
treasury coffers last year.
11th November
Malaysia & London
The Electric New paper
'Ex-royal
blew $3m at one go'
Further details
about the life of Datin Arina Binti Abdullah who the Ritz are now pursuing
to try and recover some £2 million in alleged gambling debts.
10th November
Western Australia
Sunday Times/News.com.au
TAB
denies responsibility for thieving gambling addict
8th November
Toronto, Canada
CNET News/Canoe
Experts
look at gambling
A cautionary
tale about a Canadian VLT player's attempted suicide.
7th November
Boston San Francsico
Chronicle/AP
Harvard
institute's links to gambling industry draw criticism
7th November
Boston The Boston
Globe
Gambling
industry link to Harvard draws questions
The AGA sponsored
National Center for Responsible Gaming funds Harvard Medical School's Research
on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders department which has received
some $6 million since 1996.
- www.ncrg.org &
www.hms.harvard.edu/doa/institute
4th November
Ontario, Canada My
Telus
Gambling
suicides hit record high: chief coroner
The Ontario
Coroner belives the number of "casino-related suicides" this year is nearing
15.
3rd November
Toronto Canadian
Broadcasting Authority
Ontario
wins 36% of gambling cash from problem gamblers
INDEPTH:
Gambling: Risky Business - The CBC has a special
report on gambling issues.
3rd November
Problem Gambling - Liverpool
Liverpool Daily Post
Mother
gambled away her business
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