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Jailed: Online gambling addict who swindled £1.5m from Rochdale firm

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A company boss who swindled more than £1.5m to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for five years. Graham Taylor, 66, stole the sum over a period of four years while working for NEMA Ltd, an engineering firm where he worked as finance …
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Internet Addiction: The Next New Fad Diagnosis

Filed under: internet gambling addiction

DSM-5 proposes to introduce a category of "behavioral addictions," with gambling as the first member and Internet addiction standing next in line to become a possible second. Behavioral addictions could easily expand to eventually include passionate …
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Facebook dips its toe in online gambling waters

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Critics with moral and philosophical objections to gambling say online wagering is even more likely to lead to addiction than traditional gambling because of the constant access provided by being in the home. Facebook-played games such as Angry Birds …
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Internet Addiction—The Next New Fad Diagnosis

Filed under: internet gambling addiction

DSM-5 proposes to introduce a category of "Behavioral Addictions," with gambling as the first member and Internet addiction standing next in line to become a possible second. Behavioral Addictions could eventually easily expand to include passionate …
Read more on Psychiatric Times (blog)