often going hand in hand with decreasing crime rate is would legalized gambling decrease the crime rate? During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s slow economic growth‚ cuts in federal funding‚ and growing public needs forced state and local governments to seek additional sources of revenue. Most states turned to lotteries‚ horse and dog racing‚ and most recently a growing number of states have resorted to casino gambling as a painless way to raise money. Case studies show that legal casino gaming
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YOUTH GAMBLING ABUSE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO COUNSELLING BY TOYOBO‚ O. M. Ph.D woltosix@yahoo.com & JIBOKU‚ A.O. (MRS) ajibolawemmy2003@yahoo.com Department of Educational Psychology‚ Tai Solarin College of Education‚ Omu-Ijebu‚ Ogun State. ABSRTACT In recent times the global world has witnessed an upsurge of gambling activities‚ increased participation in gambling activities and gambling related problems. Research has shown that the nation’s economy is at a
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What’s the Problem with Problem Gambling? June 2013 Table of Contents What’s the Problem with Problem Gambling? .............................................................................................. 1 Costs to the Individual ............................................................................................................................... 1 Mental and Physical Health......................................................................................................
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“Too Early to Start‚ Too Late to Quit” Gambling addictions have become a prominent problem in today’s society. Gambling is to stake or risk money‚ or anything of value‚ on the outcome of something involving chance. Like cigarettes‚ drugs‚ and alcohol‚ gambling can be very addictive if not monitored properly. A major cause on the increase in gambling addictions is the media. The media portrays gambling in a positive‚ harmless manner that encourages all to participate. Although‚ some addictions
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* * * * * * Ethical Problems of Gambling * Michele Gioxaris * SOC 120 * Instructor Gerczyk * February 13‚ 2012 Ethical Problems of Gambling Gambling can become a serious addiction and just as serious as alcohol or drug abuse. Some find gambling to be a distraction taking them away from the problems of their everyday life. Many examples of gambling are sports betting and casinos‚ which are illegal in most states‚ horse betting‚ card playing‚ playing
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COLLEGE STUDENT GAMBLING: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF GAMING EDUCATION WITHIN A COLLEGE CURRICULUM A Thesis Presented by MARYANN CONRAD Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE September 2008 Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management © Copyright by Maryann Conrad 2008 All Rights Reserved COLLEGE STUDENT GAMBLING: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF GAMING EDUCATION WITHIN A COLLEGE
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Problem gambling refers to excessive gambling activity and to interpersonal and vocational problems that resulted from gambling. In explaining the causes of problem gambling behaviour‚ the dominant approach nowadays is to treat it as a kind of sickness related to addiction. Hence the term pathological gambling is coined to describe problem gambling behaviour. Such a medical description‚ however‚ represents an attempt to understand and explain in medical terms behaviours that violate normative
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Ethical Problems of Gambling SOC 120 Michael Pankrast November 13‚ 2012 The main focus points of this paper are gambling addiction and crimes perspire through gambling activities. Gambling activities are offered illegally meaning that these activities are taken place without legal authority knowing. However‚ problems arise when coming in contact with gambling. Problems that arise with gambling are mostly crimes and lies. A brief discussion on a theory that may resolve
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The article titled “Gambling and the Health of the Public: Adopting a Public Health Perspective‚” by David A. Korn and Howard J. Shaffer‚ was published in the Journal of Gambling Studies in 1999. In this article‚ gambling is described as a part of the domain of addictive behaviours. It is defined as “a disorder characterized by a continuous or periodic feeling of loss of control over gambling‚ preoccupation with gambling‚ preoccupation with gambling and money with which to gamble‚ irrational thinking
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Internet is becoming more and more essential in our daily life. However‚ the problems of study‚ work and leisure which rely on the Internet are becoming increasingly serious. Under the circumstances‚ people should find solutions to make Internet more academic reliable and provided with high-level data security and predict being a breeding bed of gambling addiction. First‚ in this article‚ it will talk about the problem happening in Internet study especially academic reliability. And then this essay
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