Addiction When Gambling Becomes a Problem – While most people enjoy casino gambling, sports betting, lottery and bingo playing for the fun and excitement it provides, others may experience gambling as …

 

ICD-11 should not repeat the mistakes made by DSM-5

Filed under: gambling addicts

This edition has also created a slippery slope by introducing the concept of 'behavioural addictions'- with gambling as its first example. This premature precedent can eventually spread to make a mental disorder of any passionate interest – opening the …
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Shallow reflections of a blue-collar anti-hero

Filed under: gambling addicts

His playing days were also marred by a struggle with a gambling addiction. During his years on the Senior Tour, he writes that it would not have been unusual for him to blow a night's winnings on a single punt. Perhaps the most controversial passage in …
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Caught out: Indian Premier League scandal

Filed under: gambling addicts

And behind it all lurked the spectre of outright criminality, in the form of the world's $ 750bn illegal and grey market gambling industry. Its stakes and wagers now plague many sports, … "I remember this player coming to me once, and saying: 'Some …
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