British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 executive summary - July 2008
ثبت نشده
چکیده
The nature of gambling has changed substantially since 1999. The Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) provides new regulations for both old and new forms of gambling. For example, the Act recognises and accommodates the technological changes in gambling that have occurred over the last 40 years and covers the regulation of remote gambling in Britain for the first time. The Act also allows for wider advertising of gambling.
منابع مشابه
Sociodemographic Correlates of Internet Gambling: Findings from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey
This study provides the first analysis ever made of a representative national sample of Internet gamblers. Using participant data from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey (n = 9,003 adults aged 16 years and over), all participants who had gambled online, bet online, and/or used a betting exchange in the last 12 months (n = 476) were compared with all other gamblers who had not gambled v...
متن کاملThe Extent and Distribution of Gambling-Related Harms and the Prevention Paradox in a British Population Survey
Objectives To examine whether the "prevention paradox" applies to British individuals in relation to gambling-related harm. Methods Data were derived from 7,756 individuals participating in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010, a comprehensive interview-based survey conducted in Great Britain between November 2009 and May 2010. Gambling-related harm was assessed using an adapted version ...
متن کاملEpidemiology of youth gambling problems in Canada: a national prevalence study.
OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of gambling problems among youth aged 15 to 24 years in Canada and to examine whether these gambling prevalence patterns differ by sex and (or) by geographic region. METHOD We used data from The Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being. Gambling problems were determined according to the Canadian Problem Gambling Index. All prevalen...
متن کامل[Pathological gambling and its consequences for public health].
The article aimed to characterize pathological gambling, showing the main consequences of this disorder. Bibliographic survey on this theme was conducted, covering both national and international literature. Publications whose main findings emphasized related prevalence, social and economic costs, gambling legalization and resulting impact on public health, were selected. High suicide rate, com...
متن کاملSociodemographic predictors of latent class membership of problematic and disordered gamblers
This paper reports a series of analyses examining the predictors of gambling subtypes identified from a latent class analysis of problem gambling assessment data, pooled from four health and gambling surveys conducted in Britain between 2007 and 2012. Previous analyses have indicated that gambling assessments have a consistent three class structure showing quantitative and potentially qualitati...
متن کامل