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19-Aug-08. Quebec gambling addicts launch suit. Red Deer Advocate, C5.

Rhys Stevens wrote 20 hours ago: A class-action lawsuit launched by a group of pathological gamblers is seeking compensation from Lot … more →

Tags: Legal aspects, Québec, VLTs

111 Tips To Help Beat A Gambling Addiction Problem To Be Released in September 08

awdtv wrote 1 week ago:     111 Tips To Help You Beat Your Gambling Addiction Problem To Be Released Soon     Do you h … more →

Tags: Gambling Addiction, gambling addiction tips, gambling addiction help, gambling addiction problem, gambling addiction e-book, slot machine gambling addction, Gambling Problem, gambling addiction ebook

Is gambling fun? or a problem for society?

topstockblog wrote 1 month ago:   About.com originally found Too much of anything is a bad thing.  So Gambling should be done onl … more →

Tags: Sporting Events, About.com, Betting with a positive expectation, Boxing Gym, Gambling, George W. Bush, George Wl Bush scratch off lotto ticket, Harness racing, Have fun Gambling

20-Jun-08. Parkinson's drug likely triggering gambling addiction, study finds. National Post, A3.

Rhys Stevens wrote 2 months ago: A recent article in the Journal of Gambling Studies recommends that all Parkinson’s patients n … more →

Tags: Reports and studies, Calgary

20-Jun-08. A lose-lose situation. National Post, A3.

Rhys Stevens wrote 2 months ago: This article profiles a problem gambler in the Toronto area with Parkinson’s disease who has a … more →

Tags: Legal aspects, Reports and studies

Gambler admits to $512,000 fraud. Calgary Herald, B4.

Rhys Stevens wrote 3 months ago: The former controller of a Calgary auto dealership has admitted that she embezzled more than half a … more →

Tags: fraud

15-Apr-08. Addictions no reason to deny gambling rights. Calgary Herald, A12.

Rhys Stevens wrote 4 months ago: This opinion article questions whether addiction - or the potential for addiction - should be the o … more →

Tags: Alberta

12-Mar-08. Gambling lawyer sues casinos for her losses. National Post, FP2.

Rhys Stevens wrote 5 months ago: The ABA Journal reports that former lawyer Margarita Taveras has sued six casinos in Atlantic City a … more →

Tags: Legal aspects, Atlantic City

10-Mar-08. Legal eagle sues casinos after loss. Calgary Herald, A2.

Rhys Stevens wrote 5 months ago: A former New York lawyer who gambled away nearly $1-million has launched a $20-million lawsuit again … more →

Tags: Legal aspects

The Gambling Poison

Alex Schlotzer wrote 5 months ago: The western suburbs of Melbourne is flooded with electronic gaming machines, the dreaded the pokies. … more →

Tags: Rants & Raves, Politics, Government, Culture, electronic gaming machines, Gambling

15-Feb-08. British gambling addict sues bookies for helping him lose US$3.9-million. National Post, A3.

Rhys Stevens wrote 6 months ago: A British gambling addict is suing William Hill to pay back his gambling losses, saying the company … more →

29-Jan-08. Gambling not a lifelong addiction - study. Edmonton Journal, A7.

Rhys Stevens wrote 6 months ago: A review paper published this month in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry that synthesizes the findi … more →

Tags: Reports and studies

29-Jan-08. Gamblers able to beat addiction without aid. Calgary Herald, A6.

Rhys Stevens wrote 6 months ago: A study published this month in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry finds gambling is a dynamic pheno … more →

Tags: Reports and studies

12-Dec-07. Lottery woes among Asians an issue of language, trustee says. Globe and Mail, A16.

Rhys Stevens wrote 8 months ago: Toronto’s Asian population is particularly vulnerable to problem gambling because few resource … more →

Tags: Ontario

Casinos: Casinos give $63,000 to gambling group

Randy wrote 1 year ago: “Shreveport-Bossier City casinos Tuesday gave $63,084 to the Louisiana Association on Compulsi … more →

Tags: LA, Casinoes

31-Jul-07. Bingo thief blames gambling addiction. Edmonton Journal, B3.

Paige wrote 1 year ago: The manager of a Sherwood Park bingo hall is blaming her gambling loss of thousands of charity dolla … more →

Tags: Edmonton, Crime, charitable gambling, Bingos, fraud, Alberta, Addiction

14-Jun-07. Vegas plays Asian card. National Post, FP8.

Paige wrote 1 year ago: Casinos in the United States have recently started to target the Asian market.  Advertising is wri … more →

Tags: casino industry, Las Vegas, China, Atlantic City

20-Feb-07. Click of mouse and you can lose your house. Edmonton Journal, C9.

Rhys Stevens wrote 1 year ago: This article reports that the unfettered accessibility of gambling over the Internet is a potentiall … more →

Tags: Internet gambling, Reports and studies

24-Nov-06. Problem gamblers suing N.S. over gaming losses. Lethbridge Herald, A9.

Rhys Stevens wrote 1 year ago: A man who claims he lost $500,000 at a Nova Scotia casino says he’s set to sue the province for ne … more →

Tags: casino industry, Atlantic provinces


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