Gambling can be defined as playing a game of chance for stakes. Gambling occurs in many forms, most commonly pari-mutuels (horse and dog tracks, off-track-betting parlors, Jai Alai), lotteries, casinos (slot machines, table games), bookmaking (sports books and horse books), card rooms, bingo and the stock market.
Pathological gambling is a progressive disease that devastates not only the gambler but everyone with whom he or she has a significant relationship. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted pathological gambling as a "disorder of impulse control." It is an illness that is chronic and progressive, but it can be diagnosed and treated.
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Pathological gambling is a progressive disease that devastates not only the gambler but everyone with whom he or she has a significant relationship. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted pathological gambling as a "disorder of impulse control." It is an illness that is chronic and progressive, but it can be diagnosed and treated.
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Supports the development of services that will reduce the impact of problem gambling. APGSA members are administrators of public funds dedicated to the provision of problem gambling services.
Offers a Christ-centered gambling addiction recovery program, produced for churches.
Offers a telephone help line for people with gambling problems in the United Kingdom. Also, offers an Internet chat help line.
Offers problem gambling education, treatment, telephone counselling, research, and counsellor training in Africa.
Specializes in responsible programs for the gaming and wagering industries, professional, accredited training programs, and in senior citizen and adolescent compulsive gambling issues. Includes Wanna Bet? magazine for kids concerned about gambling.
Contains information about an organization dedicated to responsible gambling awareness.
Offers a free self-help guide developed by a problem gambler.
Offers problem gambling education, treatment, telephone counselling, research, and counsellor training in Africa.
Offers a telephone help line for people with gambling problems in the United Kingdom. Also, offers an Internet chat help line.
Contains information about an organization dedicated to responsible gambling awareness.
Offers a Christ-centered gambling addiction recovery program, produced for churches.
Offers a free self-help guide developed by a problem gambler.
Specializes in responsible programs for the gaming and wagering industries, professional, accredited training programs, and in senior citizen and adolescent compulsive gambling issues. Includes Wanna Bet? magazine for kids concerned about gambling.
Supports the development of services that will reduce the impact of problem gambling. APGSA members are administrators of public funds dedicated to the provision of problem gambling services.
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