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Daily Mail
Gambling operators 'should be forced to pay 1% of their profits to help tackle addiction to betting'
Daily Mail
Britain has an estimated 430,000 adult gambling addicts, with 1.57million more said to be 'at risk' of developing a real addiction, and experts have warned that a growing number of children are becoming hooked. Research last year by the Gambling ...

Daily Mail
By Dominic Lawson for the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
An immaculately elegant 63-year-old former professional pianist, Josephine had struggled to help 'my precious, precious boy' fight his addiction to gambling since, as a 16-year-old, he'd been lured in by an amusement arcade in their home county of Devon.

The Star Online
Confessions of former World Cup gambling addicts on how habit ruins lives
The Star Online
“World Cup season was no problem for us in earning money,” ex-gambling addict David Liong, who is in his 40s, said. He recalled the time when he acted as a bookie, estimating that he earned about RM100,000 during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

Daily Mail
'They owe every man and woman suffering from infertility an apology': Viewers express fury over Weekend Sunrise's ...
Daily Mail
Channel Seven viewers have expressed anger and disappointment over a panel discussion on Weekend Sunrise that compared IVF to 'gambling addiction'. The offending segment, which aired on Sunday, drew criticism on Facebook due to the perceived ...
The Weekend Sunrise IVF segment infuriating thousands of women.Mamamia

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Casino Guardian
Gambling Addiction Becomes More Widespread among Students at British Universities
Casino Guardian
Tackling gambling addiction and gambling-related harm, however, is not as easy as it may seem. The Internet has made things much easier for gamblers, providing them with literally endless opportunities when it comes to gambling. In addition, online ...

Birmingham Live
Gambling addict Stephen Thompson, 29, jailed for duping autistic man out of cash, confiscating his phone and making ...
Birmingham Live
A gambling addict and convicted money launderer has been jailed for cheating a vulnerable former colleague out of more than £4,000. Stephen Thompson, who initially said he would repay the victim from his winnings, admitted six fraud charges on the day ...

Bournemouth Echo
'Crazy' salesman with gambling addiction stole thousands from Bournemouth car company
Bournemouth Echo
A CAR salesman with a gambling addiction pocketed thousands of pounds from a Bournemouth business - even after he was spared a prison sentence for committing the same offence at a different company. Ricardo Iampietro was sentenced to two years in ...
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Bournemouth Echo
'Crazy' salesman with gambling addiction stole thousands from Bournemouth car company
Bournemouth Echo
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WDTV
Gambling addiction counselors go through new training after sports betting legalized
WDTV
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WDTV) -- It's the new frontier in casinos and sporting venues across the U.S.. Sports gambling is now legalized in West Virginia. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal law last month that made the practice illegal. The West ...

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Infosurhoy
Parkinson's Meds Tied to Higher Rate of Gambling, Sex Addiction Than Thought
U.S. News & World Report
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Compulsive gambling. Shopping until your money has run out. Eating until you've grown obese. Relentless sexual risk-taking. Medications that restore normal movement in patients with Parkinson's disease ...
Parkinson's drugs may lead to compulsive behaviorMedical News Today

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The Guardian
£20,000 losses and late-night casino binges: the student gambling ...
The Guardian
Three former addicts tell their stories of gambling at university – and explain what can be done to prevent more young people falling into the trap.

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South China Morning Post
Japan dreams of jackpot with legal casinos but critics warn cash grab will deepen gambling addictions
South China Morning Post
It has brushed aside opposition from activists, including those concerned about Japan's already well-documented problem with gambling addiction. Toru Mihara, an expert on the casino sector at Osaka University of Commerce, said just one single ...
Japan dreams of jackpot with legal casinosThe Business Times

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Your News Now
Raising awareness of gambling addiction
Your News Now
Before Monday's indictment, former Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish sought out treatment for a gambling addiction. There are allegations that the money that Crish received and allegedly extorted was obtained to fuel his addiction. According to state ...

Newshub
Addiction and gambling: the dark side of video games
Newshub
Video games may be seen as a bit of harmless fun, but that could be about to change. On Tuesday, gaming addiction was recognised as a mental health disorder by the World Health Organisation. The same day, new research showed that games with ...
WHO adds gaming disorder to disease classificationsNBCNews.com
"Gaming disorder" is real and akin to gambling addiction, according to new WHO guidelinesDot Esports
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Former TV meteorologist Spencer Christian on career, gambling addiction
Danbury News Times
Former TV meteorologist Spencer Christian on career, gambling addiction. Error loading player: No playable sources found. Now Playing: Spencer Christian, former TV news meteorologist discusses his career and his gambling addiction in new book "You Bet ...

CNN
World Cup gambling in Kenya
CNN
Authorities by their own admission recognize the need to provide a safety net for addicted gamblers falling through the cracks. A government spokesman, Mwenda Njoka, tells CNN: "It's only now that Kenyans have woken up to the dangers of gambling.".

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South China Morning Post
Gambling addiction in Hong Kong: as World Cup kicks off betting surge, we look at the addicts and victims
South China Morning Post
We're in a room at Wan Chai's Tung Wah Even Centre, a counselling and treatment service for problem and pathological gamblers, where Wah is talking about his 11-year struggle with gambling addiction that started when he was a 16-year-old high school ...

New York Times
Video Game Addiction Tries to Move From Basement to Doctor's Office
New York Times
Another kind of obsessive disorder may provide a template, and a warning, for activists seeking more support and research into gaming addiction: Compulsive gambling was first recognized by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric ...

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CBS New York
NY Assembly Speaker: Sports Betting Unlikely To Pass This Year
CBS New York
I also believe that it will lead to greater gambling addiction,” she said. “I don't think that we should be chasing whatever happens across in New Jersey and have that be the rationale for New York making a bad decision about exposing more people to ...

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