NEWSCAN
Free Weekly Publication Distributed Worldwide
Newscan is a free weekly digest e-mailed to over 1,500 people worldwide. It provides its readers with the latest in problem/responsible gambling news, research, call for papers, and upcoming events in Canada and the rest of the world. To subscribe to Newscan please click here. The Council gratefully acknowledges the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, for its support.
 January 20 , 2012
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| Featuring: Ontario mulls cashing in with a new Toronto casino • Expert: Gambling debt reaches 'alarming' levels in Wisconsin • Our view: Gambling not an addict's problem alone • Battle for online poker sweeping the country. Nevada is out in front, while other States are trying to catch up • Confusion in the UK and US over online gambling law • Body and mind disagree on 'gambler's reasoning' • Easy access triggers explosion in online gambling – study • Sport’s gambling dependence is the elephant in the boardroom • Australian anti-gambling group steps up campaign | |
| January 13, 2012
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| Featuring: Problem gambling continues statewide • With casinos eyed, gambling revenues already growing In NY • NJ OKs sports betting, horse race wagering laws • National Center for Responsible Gaming promotes MGM's Alan Feldman to Chairman. Group to reserve $1.5 million for problem gambling research in 2012 • Mobile sports gamblers bet more and more often, report says • Pokie users gamble with addiction • | |
| January 6, 2012
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| Featuring: New Jersey could become the Silicon Valley of Internet gambling • Think tank surveyed New York economists say casinos are bad for New York • Study finds large jackpots, not ads, drive lottery ticket sales • Is gambling more addictive online? • Justice Department releases opinion on online gambling • The psychology of compulsive gambling • Foreign students prone to problem gambling • Kids twice as likely as adults to be addicted to gambling • Apes 'gamble like humans by calculating odds'• | |
| December 23, 2011
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| Featuring: Casino disguise didn't wash • Poll: Support grows for N.Y. casinos • Nevada passes online poker regulations • Gambling with plastic • Problem-gambling experts to review Oregon Lottery marketing, website • Gambling prevention initiative launched in Surry • Curb gambling addiction with drug: Greens • Problem gamblers, alcoholics may get same drug | |
| December 16, 2011
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| Featuring: $1 Million in grants to study responsible gaming • Lookout granny! Video bingo is coming to a hall near you • Some casinos want online poker legalized • Australia worries gambling is hurting the nation's youth • French gambler sues govt over poker sites • German States approve online gaming regulation | |
| December 09, 2011
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| Featuring: OLG bets on Net; Province gears up to roll dice on online gambling • Facebook 'casinos' spark fears of luring kids into online gambling • Bligh government speaks out against proposed poker machine reforms • Gambling ads are raising the stakes • Betting can never be 'responsible'. So how can anyone possibly justify gambling lessons in schools? • Is Macau's rumored $100 million poker event possible? Spokesman says winner will get $25 million | |
| December 02, 2011
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| Featuring: Charities hurt as Albertans gamble less • Calls made for gambling ‘education’• Anti-heroin drug a solution to gambling addiction? • Online gamblers likely to take bigger risks • Casinos no longer allowed to promote gaming in Singapore | |
| November 25, 2011
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| Featuring: Wagering on single-game sports at race tracks seems like it will be a reality some day • University of Guelph study finds gambling losers feel shame over their losses but cope with it poorly • Even winners lose in Atlantic City casinos when they violate self-exclusion ban on gambling • The largest number of gamblers are "from the poorest segments of the population" • Gambling addicts need help from qualified doctors November 24, 2011. Med-india. • Govt to make it crystal clear casinos cannot target domestic market • Anti-heroin drug a solution to gambling addiction? • | |
| November 18, 2011
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| Featuring: Gambling, you, your family and National Addictions Awareness Week • The GCB proposes regulations governing Internet poker • Bills target gamblers who leave children unattended • Don't block gambling payments, say banks • Online gambling – Aussie betting operators ask government to lift laws • Debtors may be barred from casinos • Judge rules poker illegal under Virginia law • Impulsivity and pathological gambling among Chinese: Is it a state or a trait problem? | |
| November 11, 2011
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| Featuring: Are woman more likely to steal money to fund gambling habits? • Iowa regulators OK online gambling system • Federal prosecutors show their hand in online poker case • Don't make ISPs online problem gambling policemen: IIA • Gamble responsibly? A mantra for profit • RGF commissions information hub for problem gambling • "Terribly wrong" to send workers to gamble • Alarming pathological gambling in women | |
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