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- ItemOpen AccessAccountability and Social Responsibility in Ontario's Legal Gambling Regime: Final Report to Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC)(Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre, 2009-11-16) Smith, Garry; Rubenstein, DanThis report explores commercial gambling in Ontario in relation to standards of accountability, social responsibility and acting in the public interest. The report considers enabling legislation; documents the organizational structures and policies used to administer legal gambling in Ontario; and reviews the academic literature on gambling administration in Ontario and other jurisdictions. In addition, senior officials involved in the operation and regulation of gambling, as well as those responsible for minimizing the incidence and prevalence of problem gambling were interviewed about Ontario policy and practices.
- ItemOpen AccessAlberta Gambling Research Institute Conference 2018: Current Issues in Gambling Research(2018-04) Binde, Per; Christensen, Darren; Delfabbro, Paul; Dixon, Mike; Euston, David; Gainsbury, Sally; Hodgins, David; Johnson, Mark; Kairouz, Sylvia; Kim, Hyoun S. (Andrew); Leonard, Carrie; Manitowabi, Darrel; McGrath, Daniel; Mishra, Sandeep; Nicoll, Fiona; Parke, Jonathan; Smith, Garry; Stewart, Sherry; Volberg, Rachel; Wahsquonaikezhik, Sheila; Williams, Robert; Yakovenko, IgorThe Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 17th Annual Conference "Current Issues in Gambling Research" took place April 12-14, 2018 @ The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Opening reception the evening of April 12, 2018.
- ItemOpen AccessControversial Topics in Gambling: Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 13th Annual Conference(2014-04-14) Aitchison, Katherine J.; Castellani, Brian; Chapman, Craig S.; Christensen, Darren R.; Crawford, Sandy; Currie, Cheryl; Downs, Carolyn; Euston, David; Forrest, David; Goodyear, Bradley G.; Gruber, Aaron; Hanson, William; Hodgins, David C.; Scholnick, Barry; Schopflocher, Don; Schrans, Tracy; Simpson, Rob; Singhal, Anthony; Spetch, Marcia L.; Smith, Garry; Suomi, Aino; Walker, Gordon; Williams, RobertThe Alberta Gambling Research Institute and the University of Alberta co-sponsored the thirteenth in a series of special interest conferences in the area of gambling studies. The conference theme was "Controversial Topics in Gambling." The conference took place Thursday, April 3, Friday, April 4, & Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the Banff Centre.
- ItemOpen AccessCritical Issues in Gambling Research: Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 14th Annual Conference(2015-03) Arthur, Jennifer; Belanger, Yale D.; Casey, Emma; Christensen, Darren R.; Clark, Luke; Currie, Shawn; Delfabbro, Paul; Dixon, Mike J.; Harrigan, Kevin; Huang, Haifang; Lee, Bonnie; Leonard, Carrie A.; McGrath, Daniel; Ohtsuka, Keis; Parke, Jonathan; Smith, Garry; Steinke, Claudia; Volberg, Rachel A.; Walker, Gordon; Winstanley, Catharine A.; Wood, RichardThe Alberta Gambling Research Institute and the University of Lethbridge co-sponsored the fourteenth in a series of special interest conferences in the area of gambling studies. The conference theme was "Critical Issues in Gambling Research." The conference took place Friday, March 27, & Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Banff Centre.
- ItemOpen AccessEngaging the Big Questions in Gambling Studies(2011-04) Belanger, Yale D.; Campbell, Colin S.; Chambers, Kerry G. E.; Coates, Dennis; Cosgrave, Jim; Cotte, June; Currie, Cheryl L.; Farrow, Scott; Hancock, Linda; Hodgins, David; Humphreys, Brad R.; Livingstone, Charles; Schopflocher, Donald; Smith, Garry; Volberg, Rachel A.; Williams, Robert; Papineau, Elisabeth; Wohl, MichaelThe "Engaging the Big Questions in Gambling Studies" conference took take place Thursday, April 7 (Opening Reception), Friday, April 8 & Saturday, April 9, 2011 at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. It was hosted by the Alberta Gaming Research Institute.
- ItemOpen AccessGambling in Society: A Question of Balance(2008-04) Lesieur, Henry; Adams, Peter; Carter, Kim; Marin, André; Smith, Garry; Rubenstein, Daniel; Horbay, Roger; Simpson, Rob; Dow Schüll , Natasha; Wynne, Harold; Belanger, Yale; Wood, Rob
- ItemOpen AccessInvestigating the Efficacy of the Gambling Decisions Program in Three Alberta Communities: Report of the One Year Community Trial(Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2006-11) Robson, Ellie; Edwards, Joy; Smith, Garry; Newman, StephenExcessive gambling emerged as a factor affecting the lives and health of adult Albertans in the mid-nineties. A prevalence study conducted in Alberta for AADAC to determine the extent of problem gambling indicated that gambling negatively affected the lives of approximately 5% of adult Albertans (Wynne Resources, 1998). At that time, the prevailing treatment offered to gamblers was based on the pathological/medical model which views gambling addiction as a disease that people are powerless to control. The only treatment goal was abstinence, regardless of the severity of the gambling-related problems. However, beginning in the 1980’s, international gambling researchers were cautiously advocating other treatment goals besides abstinence, including controlled gambling. These researchers asserted that the goal of abstinence “only,” encouraged people to delay seeking help (McGurrin, 1991; Rosecrance 1989; Walker 1992). In 1994, work began at the Edmonton Board of Health (now part of Capital Health) on the design of Gambling Decisions, an Early Intervention Program for Problem Gamblers. This program gave clients a choice of goals either to control their gambling, or to achieve abstinence. The one-year community trial of Gambling Decisions in the Capital Health region of Alberta in 1998-99 demonstrated the effectiveness of the program in helping problem gamblers gain control of their gambling. Participants significantly reduced money losses ($608 over a four week period at pretest to $73 at the one-year post-test), and they also reduced their problems related to gambling (Robson, Edwards, Smith, & Coleman, 2002). Although Gambling Decisions was found to be an effective treatment program for early stage problem gamblers, there was little uptake of the program by other agencies after the 1998-99 trial, even though its availability was publicized in Alberta. A possible explanation for this was the barriers that agencies who were considering offering Gambling Decisions faced, for example: • Gambling Decisions offered clients a choice of controlling their gambling while other programs proposed abstinence; • Traditional gambling treatment programs were not completely sold on Gambling Decisions; and • Agencies were not certain if they and their staff could deliver this type of gambling treatment program. Therefore, a second trial of Gambling Decisions involving three agencies in Alberta was undertaken in 2004-2005.
- ItemOpen AccessSocial and economic costs and benefits of gambling(2006-04) Single, Eric; Williams, Rob; Walker, Doug; Anielski, Mark; Back, Ki-Joon; Gerstein, Dean; McMillen, Jan; Buchanan, Paul; Hann, Robert (Bob); Chhabra, Deepak; Spilde Contreras, Kate; Wynne, Harold; Smith, Garry; Hodgins, David; Ramp, Bill; Eadington, Bill
- ItemOpen AccessUnderstanding Gambling: Mechanisms and Predictors: Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 15th Annual Conference(2016-04) Bedford, Kate; Cunningham, John; Hing, Nerilee; Kayser, Andrew; Kim, Hyoun S. (Andrew); Leonard, Carrie A.; Lewis, Marc; Lister, Jamey J.; McGrath, Daniel; Nower, Lia; Philander, Kahlil; Prentice, Jennifer; Quigley, Leanne; Quilty, Lena C.; Scholnick, Barry; Shead, Will; Smith, Garry; Swan, Jennifer L.; Williams, Robert; Yakovenko, IgorThe Alberta Gambling Research Institute and the University of Calgary co-sponsored the fifteenth in a series of special interest conferences in the area of gambling studies. The conference theme was "Understanding Gambling: Mechanisms and Predictors." The conference took place Thursday, April 7, Friday, April 8, & Saturday, April 9, 2016 at The Banff Centre.