Motivational Interviewing & Problem Gambling [Training Workshop]

If you're interested in an intensive evidence-based and hands-on training workshop on "Motivational Interviewing & Problem Gambling" aimed at healthcare and social service professionals, be sure to sign-up and attend the September 7, 2007 event which will take place at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It is being organized by Professional Advanced Services (PAS).

International Gambling Studies [new issue]

Volume 7, Issue 1 (2007) of the journal International Gambling Studies contains the following original articles:

• Between Law and Custom - Examining the Interaction between Legislative Change and the Evolution of Macao's Casino Industry
  
• The Psychology of Risk-taking in Gambling among Chinese Visitors to Macau
  
• The Security of Gambling and Gambling with Security: Hacking, Law Enforcement and Public Policy
  
• Self-exclusion: A Proposed Gateway to Treatment Model
  
• Multiple Co-occurring Behaviours among Gamblers in Treatment: Implications and Assessment
  
• Validation of the Chinese Version of the Gambling Urges Scale (GUS-C)
  
• The Influence of Music on Estimates of At-risk Gambling Intentions: An Analysis by Casino Design
  
• Prospective Problem Gambling Research: Contribution and Potential

Gambling, Culture, Community and Intervention [free one-day conference]

For those in the Toronto area in late March... you might want to attend what looks to be an interesting (and free!) one-day conference on "Gambling, Culture, Community and Intervention" that is being put on by COSTI Immigrant Services in partnership with the Ontario Resource Group on Gambling, Ethnicity and Culture.

Gambling in Estonia [conference]

The Institute for Problem Gambling and Treatment in Estonia is hosting a conference pertaining to the "Social Responsibility of Gambling Industry Enterprises." I wasn't even aware of the Institute let alone the conference!

North Carolina Gambling Prevalence [report]

The report "Effects of the North Carolina State Lottery on the Incidence of Gambling Addiction" (2007, February) was produced by the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services [North Carolina].

Interestingly, this report aims to accomplish what many researchers have been calling for withe resepect to the introduction of legalized gambling... establish a baseline measure of how many people have gambling-related problems both before gambling is introduced to a jurisdiction.

Specifically, "Legislation (House Bill 1023) that established the North Carolina State Lottery included a provision that required the Department of Health and Human Services to study its impact on the incidence of gambling addiction in the state. This report presents findings on gambling behaviors among adult North Carolinians prior to the sale of the first lottery ticket on March 30, 2006 and provides the reference against which the incidence of gambling will be measured in the future."

Casinos and Regeneration [policy paper]

The Institute for Public Policy Research in the U.K.) has produced the short policy paper "Casinos and Regeneration: The story so far" (2007, February).

This Centre for Cities briefing note deconstructs the decision, before critically assessing the relationship between casinos and regeneration more generally. It focuses on the regeneration issues around supercasino development. It concludes with some lessons for Manchester.

Gaming Law Review, January 2007 [journal issue]

Volume 11, No. 1 of the journal Gaming Law Review (2007, January) is now available to subscribers. Original articles include:

• Extraditing Peter Dicks
• The Post-Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Online-Gaming Surge?
• Virtual Worlds, Real Damages: The Odd Case of American Hero, the Greatest Horse that May Have Lived
• The Duty to Preserve Casino Surveillance Video Evidence: Ensuring Compliance with Mississippi Gaming Regulation § 10(e)
• State Lotteries, Commercial Casinos, and Public Finance: An Uneasy Relationship Revisited