Pathological Gambling: What Are the Boundaries of Addiction?

Pathological gambling: What are the boundaries of addiction? – Professor Marc Potenza, Yale University: “What are the boundaries of addiction – on pathological gambling”. A Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture held August 24 201…

House committee kills casino bill

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Lovejoy chaired the House study committee looking at the community impact of a casino and noted the most common cause of suicide from addiction is from gambling addiction. Lovejoy also questioned the revenue estimates being used and criticized the …
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Matthew Tully: Indiana's addiction to gambling – our state needs an intervention

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The addiction also leads to ridiculous arguments, such as the one put forward recently in an Evansville Courier editorial that said lawmakers who didn't race to help Indiana casinos this year were negligently forcing them to “sink or swim without help …
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Lottery luck also runs out – The Telegraph

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Since gambling is not only an addiction but also a money-spinner, the Kerala government had given a humane face to the lottery scheme by proposing a Karunya Benevolent Fund that promises financial assistance to poor people suffering from illnesses. A …
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