Gambling Expansion Comes With a Cost
Gambling expansion comes with a cost
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If a customer is put on a self-exclusion list, that person should be offered treatment for gambling addiction, Maney said. He would like to see places like Batavia Downs better advertise the self-exclusion policy and better inform customers of early …
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Curse of gambling addiction hits GAA
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The growing curse of gambling addiction is "like a steam train coming down the tracks" for the GAA, according to Gaelic Players' Association boss, Dessie Farrell. Three inter-county players have availed of GPA services in the past year to enter …
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UBS "rogue trader" denies he was addicted to gambling
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VX) "rogue trader" Kweku Adoboli denied on Monday that he was addicted to gambling, saying that big losses on his personal betting accounts were due to his life spiraling out of control. Adoboli also told a London court that he had been lying to …
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Gambling Addiction Treatment, Compulsive Gambling – www.gamblinghelper.com A common amino acid dietary supplement may help fight pathological gambling addictions, a new study suggests. Pathological gambling (also called compulsive gambling) occurs when individuals are unable to control their gambling behaviors. These individuals thrive on the thrill and excitement of gambling, rather than the actual winnings. Individuals who are addicted to gambling will go to extreme lengths, which may include lying, stealing, cheating, or fraud, to perpetuate their addictions when money is scarce. Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine explained that although pathological gambling is relatively common, pharmacotherapy research for the condition is limited. N-acetyl cysteine, an amino acid, seems to restore extracellular glutamate concentration in the nucleus accumbens, which is often associated with reward in the brain, and therefore offers promise in reducing addictive behavior. Twenty-seven subjects (12 women and 15 men) with DSM-IV pathological gambling were treated in an eight-week open-label trial with n-acetyl cysteine. The participants were randomly chosen to receive either n-acetyl cysteine or placebo for six weeks. The researchers found that 60 percent of the participants reported having less urges to gamble. Additionally, 13 out of the 16 participants who responded to the amino acid the first time around agreed to continue in the double-blind study for an additional six …
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