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GAMBLING DISORDERS 360°

Exploring the latest news, issues and research relating to gambling disorders and responsible gaming

Does Pareto Rule Internet Gambling?

by: NCRG staff | Aug 12, 2019

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  • Research Update

Internet gambling has grown substantially over the past decade and with this growth, comes the risk of gambling problems among participants.  In order to study the economic tendencies of online gambling subscribers, Tom, et al.

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NCRG Grants Yield More than 400 Publications

by: NCRG staff | Apr 29, 2019

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  • ICRG News

The National Center for Responsible Gaming is pleased to announce that it has, to this date, funded 418 scientific publications relating to gambling disorder.  The NCRG, which began funding research in 1996, has allocated more than $18 million dollars for Seed Grants, Large Grants, New Investigator Grants, and Center of Excellence Grants.  These projects are sorted by year at http://www.ncrg.org/research-center/ncrg-funded-research/project-grants.

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Daily Fantasy Sports: What is Typical?

by: NCRG staff | Mar 12, 2019

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  • Research Update

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is growing rapidly within the gambling industry, as it allows players the opportunity to create their own “fantasy teams” of individual players and compete for cash-prizes.  Some stakeholders have expressed concerns over the dangers of DFS and related harm players may experience from its accelerated nature of play.   Sarah Nelson, PhD, from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, set out to explore DFS data.

What is the aim?

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What makes us tick? Recovery Capital as a Framework for Gambling Disorder Recovery

by: NCRG staff | Mar 12, 2019

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  • Issues & Insights

Recovery capital (RC) has been used as a conceptual framework for substance abuse disorders that pinpoints internal and external resources that individuals can use to facilitate recovery[CR1]  from disorder.  More specifically, these resources can include: resources one has from relationships, assetts such as housing and diet, hopes, skills, education, and personal value and belief systems.

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NCRG ANNOUNCES NEW REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS ON THE SPECTRUM OF GAMBLING BEHAVIORS AND POLICY-RELEVANT RESEARCH

by: NCRG staff | Jan 8, 2019

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  • In the News

The Scientific Advisory Board of the National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) is pleased to invite grant applications for research that explores the full spectrum of gambling behaviors from healthy to disordered. In addition, we are specifically interested in policy-relevant research. We invite applicants from a wide range of disciplines to apply, including economics, public health, cultural anthropology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry and public policy. This request for applications (RFA) is in effect for both Large Grant and Seed Grant applicants, Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec.

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Bridging the Gap: Responsible Gambling Collaborative

by: NCRG staff | May 10, 2018

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  • ICRG News

The NCRG is excited to announce its participation in a newly convened Responsible Gaming Collaborative, made up of key stakeholders in the gambling industry and other sectors.  This collaboration includes the National Council on Problem Gambling, the National Center for Responsible Gaming, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas International Gaming Institute, Harvard University’s T.H.

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Calling all Early Stage Investigators!

by: NCRG staff | Apr 4, 2018

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  • ICRG News

The NCRG is accepting applications for their Early Stage Investigator Grant until May 1, 2018.

Who

  • Are you interested in Gambling Disorder Research?
  • Are you within 10 years of completing your terminal degree?
  • Are you looking for mentoring and research experience?

If so, we invite you to submit an application for grant funding of up to 65,000/ per year for two years.

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Free Webinar! Educating Patrons and Employees about Responsible Gaming: What Does the Research Say?

by: NCRG staff | Apr 2, 2018

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  • Continuing Education Opportunities

Free Webinar!
2 – 3 :30 p.m., May 30, 2018

Educating Patrons and Employees about Responsible Gaming: What Does the Research Say?

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Back in My Day: Comparison of Gambling Propensity in Twin Young Adults in 1962 and 2002.

by: NCRG staff | Mar 29, 2018

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  • Research Update

Opportunities to gamble have increased starkly over the last 50 years, and with it has come a shift in social attitude towards gambling. Wendy Slutske, PhD, recipient of a 2017 NCRG Center of Excellence Grant, set out to compare the role of genetics and environment from two National Twin Studies, collected about 50 years apart, on propensity to gamble.

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Gambling Disorder Screening Day

by: NCRG staff | Feb 20, 2018

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  • ICRG News

The Division on Addiction at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Teaching Hospital of Harvard Medical School, is sponsoring Gambling Disorder Screening Day on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. This year’s Screening Day Toolkit has even more free resources to make hosting Screening Day easier than ever. Any provider or organization can host. Registration is not required to use these free resources.

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