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NHPR

Study: Problem gambling has stayed steady in Mass.

Massachusetts' main gambling researcher delivered good and bad news to the state gaming commission on Wednesday. Ten years after the state's first study of gambling behavior, UMass researcher Rachel Volberg said the rate of problem gambling has stayed pretty constant since the casinos opened. According to a new survey of 3000 people, about 10% of…

Gambling Addiction ・ 04 April 2024

The Day

Study finds residents are fine with state’s gambling landscape

Two-thirds of Connecticut's residents are satisfied with the gambling options available in the state, a new bombshell-free study concludes. "Impacts of Legalized Gambling in Connecticut," posted Friday on the website of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, also finds the state does a good job caring for problem gamblers,…

Industry ・ 13 February 2024

undark.org

Where Problem Gambling Meets Public Health

When Amy Gabrila arrives at the MGM casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, she makes the rounds on the gaming floor. She walks up and down rows of clanging slot machines as people pull levers and press buttons, hoping to win. If a player looks up, Gabrila asks how they are doing. "They may tell me, 'Oh no, I spent more than I meant to.' And I say,…

Gambling Addiction ・ 21 November 2023

WGBH

Research on gambling problems was central to Massachusetts' casino law, but scope has been reduced

Massachusetts' 2011 casino legislation mandated research into the health and economic effects of the industry, to the praise of many who work on gambling problems. But the research budget has been going down even as gambling has expanded, leaving the body of knowledge more limited than some had hoped. In 2013, researchers in Massachusetts launched…

Gambling Addiction ・ 14 November 2023

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Researchers who studied gambling behavior make recommendations to Massachusetts casino regulators

In an effort to better understand how problem gambling develops and evolves, researchers studied the gambling behaviors of the same individuals in Massachusetts over a six-year period beginning in 2013. The final report on this groundbreaking study was presented Thursday at a meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The report made seven…

Gaming Authorities ・ 08 October 2021

CFO Dive

CFOs might be at greater risk of problem gambling

CFOs are at risk of becoming problem gamblers, experts say, since CFOs have access to company and personal funds, and often feel their number-crunching ability can give them an edge. Other factors add to the danger too, Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, said, including stock trading, which can be a hazard…

Gambling Addiction ・ 24 September 2021

Medical News

UMass Amherst research professor receives award from National Council on Problem Gambling

Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing her brief first job with a software startup that shut down overnight, Rachel Volberg took a chance - on gambling studies, a nearly nonexistent field. Thirty-five years later, Volberg, research professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences,…

Gambling Addiction ・ 22 July 2021

EurekAlert!

UMass Amherst professor honored for lifetime achievement in problem gambling research

Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing her brief first job with a software startup that shut down overnight, Rachel Volberg took a chance - on gambling studies, a nearly nonexistent field. Thirty-five years later, Volberg, research professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences,…

Gambling Addiction ・ 21 July 2021

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