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12/05/2008
PACT Director Delivers Speech on China's Welfare and Sports Lottery Industry at China's 5th Annual International ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PacificNet Inc. , a leading provider of e-commerce and gaming technology in China, announced today that its director Mr. Guojing Su, a renowned lottery industry expert in China, delivered a speech on China's Welfare and Sports Lottery Industry at the 5th International Conference and Forum on Gaming Industry and Public Welfare 2008.
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12/03/2008
Eliminating Casino Loss Limit Could Spell Gains For Public Schools (Webster-Kirkwood Times)
PROPOSITION A repeals Missouri's loss limit, which bars gamblers from buying more than $500 of chips or tokens every two hours. A new fund would be set up to benefit schools.
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12/02/2008
RISE continues Jamaica's world beating streak (The Jamaica Observer)
Jamaica's RISE Life Management Services, formerly Addiction Alert, beat out countries like the USA, Canada and Australia to grab the award for best research presentation at the recent 9th annual conference of the National Centre for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) in the US.
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11/26/2008
Economic downturn casts shadow on Global Gaming Expo (The Kansas City Star)
The Global Gaming Expo staged last week in Las Vegas was the casino industry’s biggest annual trade show ever, but attendance was down sharply from last year.
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11/26/2008
Some Worry Chinatown Community Might Like Casino Too Much (FOX 29 Philadelphia)
In this community, the lure of a brand new slots casino and the jobs it could bring generates more anger than anticipation, and not for the usual reasons.
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11/26/2008
Witnesses Counter Adams Testimony (The Sentinel Newspapers)
ROCKVILLE - He said he was depressed. He said he feared for his life. Witnesses say he was a liar, and maybe a con artist.
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11/13/2008
Get ready to debate the merits of lowering state gambling age (Reno Gazette-Journal)
It is no secret why gaming executives might propose lowering the legal age for gaming from 21 to 18. It could bring as many as 12 million young people into casinos nationwide. Many of them would become customers of Nevada casinos.
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11/06/2008
Gambling Addiction In Louisiana Remains Prevalent, According To Study (Medical News Today)
According to results from the 2008 Louisiana Study on Problem Gambling, pathological gambling addiction services continue to be in demand as the rate of pathological gamblers in the state remains steady. This news comes as the Department of Health and Hospitals - Office for Addictive Disorders prepares for its 10th Annual State Conference on Gambling Behavior on Nov. 5 - 7.
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11/05/2008
Louisiana Business: New Orleans Rebuild, Gambling Problems, Flu, Advertising (Bayou Buzz)
November 5, 2008
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  • Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators - Supports the development of services that will reduce the impact of problem gambling. APGSA members are administrators of public funds dedicated to the provision of problem gambling services.
  • Chance to Change - Offers a Christ-centered gambling addiction recovery program, produced for churches.
  • Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues - Deals with gambling as a social phenomenon and the prevention and treatment of gambling problems.
  • Female Gamblers - Contains articles by women gamblers in recovery.
  • Forman Consulting - Offers preventive educational services at high schools, colleges, and workplaces. Includes screening quiz and background information. Based in New England, U.S.A..
  • Friends4Friends - Tries to prevent problem gambling through an awareness campaign targeting young adults.
  • Gambling with the Good Life - Contains information about an organization that is dedicated to opposing expanded gambling in the state of Nebraska, U.S.A..
  • GamCare - Offers a telephone help line for people with gambling problems in the United Kingdom. Also, offers an Internet chat help line.
  • I want to stop gambling. - Contains a weblog by a compulsive gambler in recovery.
  • Know the Odds - Offers educational materials to prevent the harmful effects of problem gambling. Included are curriculum materials for schools and colleges.
  • National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling - Contains an information library for gambling facts.
  • National Responsible Gaming Programme - Offers problem gambling education, treatment, telephone counselling, research, and counsellor training in Africa.
  • Niagara Multilingual Prevention/Education Problem Gambling Program - A multilingual gambling information, awareness and prevention site for individuals, families and friends. Educational seminars are available upon request and phone .
  • North American Training Institute Home Page - Specializes in responsible programs for the gaming and wagering industries, professional, accredited training programs, and in senior citizen and adolescent compulsive gambling issues. Includes Wanna Bet? magazine for kids concerned about gambling.
  • Northern Rivers Gambling Service - Offers counseling for problem gamblers and their families. Situated in Northern New South Wales, Australia.
  • The Oklahoma Association for Gambling Addiction Awareness - Provides information about the devastating affect that addictive gambling has on the problem gambler and his family.
  • Oregon Gambling Addiction Treatment Division - Offers help to every problem gambler in Oregon. Reports on adolescent gambling and problem gambling.
  • Problem Gambling - Offers a newsletter about the diagnosis and treatment of problem gambling for educational and informational purposes only.
  • Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand - Addresses gambling problem issues in New Zealand.
  • Problem Gambling Hub - Provides a hub for research, treatment, and discussion of problem gambling by the gaming industry and professionals who are concerned with the problem of gambling addiction.
  • Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario) - Contains information about an organization dedicated to responsible gambling awareness.
  • Shawn and Drew's 21 Steps to Stop Gambling - Provides information about a system to stop gambling.
  • VOLTS (Video Online Lottery Terminators Society) - Attempts to educates the public in Nova Scotia to the dangers of video lottery machines.
  • Wannabet.org - Contains an on-line magazine for kids concerned about the dangers of gambling addiction.
  • Want to Stop Gambling? - Offers a free self-help guide developed by a problem gambler.
  • Youth Gambling - Provides information about a program at McGill University in Quebec, Canada for youth gambling problems.
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