On the other hand, if one compares men and women who
gamble on horse-racing, motivational differences may not exist because the women who
gamble on racing may be different from women in general; in this case, more intrinsically motivated.
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It is thus possible that the government could accept defeat in Procter &
Gamble and wait for a more favorable case (e.g., the Aramco Advantage cases) in another circuit where the court of appeals will not be constrained by the Sixth Circuit's decision in Salyersville National Bank.
Procter & Gamble and beyond
For me to reject the null hypothesis that religious affiliation does not affect the amount of money an individual sets out to
gamble, I would have to find significant values for Lambda and [[chi].sup.2] Surprisingly, neither of these tests revealed a significant relationship, and I must fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the amount of money a respondent
gambles was unrelated to his or her religious affiliation.
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Another helpful tool is to create a list of "triggers" the client can refer to when tempted to
gamble.
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With regard to accessibility, in contrast to bingos and casinos, in which one must identify oneself to enter the lounges, bar access is free, without the need to register or perform any other special requirement in order to
gamble. Moreover, the mechanism of gambling is simple, as the greatest complication required by these machines is to insert a coin into a slot and press a button or lever: as simple as it is cheap because you can even play with twenty cents.
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Fong, two of the authors of a recently published prospective study, which compared the incidence of new-onset comorbid disorders among people at three levels of gambling behavior, to those who did not
gamble at all.
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Shame on Graham and Feinstein for seeking to violate the rights of Americans who wish to
gamble or offer online gambling--and shame on Adelson for asking government to throttle his competitors.
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And the women interviewed about remote gambling - via the internet or phone - had more than doubled from five per cent in 2006 to 11.4 per cent by 2012.** In general, the survey found that men were more likely to
gamble than women.
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The Lie/Bet screen is a 2-question screening instrument; the questions are--'Have you ever felt the need to bet more and more money?' and 'Have you ever had to lie to people important to you about how much you
gamble?' A positive response to either question identifies a pathological gambler, and it has a sensitivity of 0.99 and a specificity of 0.91, when compared to DSM--IV.
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"Just take a stroll down different streets of Beirut and you can see a plethora of amusement centers and unregulated venues where young people can walk in,
gamble, spend their pocket money and leave," said Lilian Ghandour, a leading author of the study and assistant professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the American University of Beirut.
The dark side of gambling
Specifically, although the prevalence of college students that participate in gambling varies across studies (e.g., LaBrie, Shaffer, LaPlante, & Wechsler, 2003; Slutske, Jackson, & Sher, 2003), research indicates that college students who
gamble are more likely than other population segments to do so at a disordered level (e.g., Barnes, Welte, Hoffman, & Tidwell, 2010; Blanco et al., 2008; Blinn-Pike, Lokken Worthy, & Jonkman, 2007).
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Today, Indigenous people in more regional and remote areas still
gamble in card rings, while those in less remote areas are also likely to participate in commercial forms of gambling, such as gaming machines, casino games, sports betting and wagering (McMillen and Donnelly 2008).
A profile of gambling behaviour and impacts among Indigenous Australians attending a cultural event in New South Wales
Although most adults who
gamble are recreational gamblers and are likely to never have problems because of their gambling, some individuals will experience problems associated with gambling and other individuals will develop a clinical disorder (Gerstein et al., 1999).
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There are many possible causes of gambling addiction and people
gamble for a variety of reasons - for the adrenaline rush you get when you win, to filling a void, or even depression.
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