Addiction Revision Notes Sunday‚ 14 April 13 Addiction What is addiction? It is a repetitive habit pattern that increases risk of disease and/or associated personal and social problems. Elements of Addiction Salience - individuals desire to perform the addictive act/behaviour Mood Modification - people with addictive behaviour often report a ‘high’‚ ‘buzz’ or a ‘rush’‚ addicts are known to use addictions for this. Tolerance - addicts tolerance increases therefore they increase the amount
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The topic i choose from the 1920s was the Black Sox scandal. It was where the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds were in the world series and gamblers paid White Sox players to lose the game‚ this happened 95 years ago. ‘’On October 9‚ 1919‚ the Cincinnati Reds defeated the heavily favored Chicago White Sox 10-5 to clinch an unlikely World Series win’’ (Andrews). ‘’The players on the Charles Comiskey’s 1919 Chicago White Sox team were a fractious lot. The club was divided into two "gangs" of players
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Mohegan Sun document under Doc Sharing. What make’s Mohegan Sun so attractive to the gambler as well as the nongambler in this region? Gamblers are those that are interested in coming to a spot to where they can eat and game at the same time which is the reason why Mohegan Sun is so popular and for those that are interested in seeing the shopping side of the resort. When it comes to those that are non-gamblers is attractive to those that don’t like to game but like to see the resort‚ the shops
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can be impossible to detect.” (Mehaffey‚2012). The players are becoming addicted to it as it is less risky and also it will help them to earn more money within a short period of time. Spot fixing is becoming a great threat. Betting houses and gamblers are aware of it and they are putting more money on cricket. It’s not the only concern for cricket but also the money that has been earned through betting are used to illegal activities such as buying arms for terrorists etc. So it’s very important
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ethical problems for society as a whole. Gambling can be a magnet for crime‚ ruin work ethic‚ and attract prostitution. Price J. (2006) stated “Crime predictably rises three to four years following the opening of a casino as problem and pathological gamblers begin to deplete their resources” (p. 1). With a person’s serious addiction to gambling‚ they will use any means necessary to feed their addiction. Some will commit assault‚ rob‚ and may even go as far as murder to get the money they need to fulfill
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through taxes into the economy (Tse‚ Hong and Ng‚ 2013; Case‚ 2011). Casinos also offer employment to many people making it even more beneficial in an economy. The government is blinded by everything for the simple reason that more addiction among gamblers drives more profits in terms of taxes for the government. It is the responsibility of businesses to be socially responsible and has activities that in anyway can degrade the moral values‚ beliefs and behaviors of people. Access to casino gambling
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------------------------------------------------- The Impact of the Operations of Casinos in Singapore on the Foreign Construction Workers By: Wang Sen‚ Soh Chang Li‚ Lim Jun Hao Eugene‚ Lim Puo Hua‚ Hng Zu Wai ------------------------------------------------- The Impact of the Operations of Casinos in Singapore on the Foreign Construction Workers By: Wang Sen‚ Soh Chang Li‚ Lim Jun Hao Eugene‚ Lim Puo Hua‚ Hng Zu Wai Abstract The establishment of casinos benefits the Singapore economy
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on the other hand you can say it is health. Some other gambler play at the casino‚ and they describe it as a kind of a therapy. they said when they play at the casino‚ they can relax‚ because most casino offer free drinks and food. Some of it play soft music etc. The field of health aims to promote relaxation. The gamblers find relaxation in gambling which can cause some good effects to their health. Gambling is not all money. Many gamblers do not mind how much they
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gambling problems. Many of their respondents said that their elder siblings had a strong influence in their decisions to experience gambling. Many of the respondents who suffered from gambling problems said that their parents themselves were problem gamblers. The study by
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Question 1: For many years‚ no casinos were allowed in Singapore. Explain the government’s rationale for allowing two integrated resorts to be built in Singapore. Why was there this change in policy? Question 2: Explain the economic impacts of the integrated resorts. Expected Economic Benefits from Integrated Resorts When the idea of building Integrated Resorts in Singapore was first introduced to the citizens‚ the government measured the expected economic benefits and social problems the
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