Jun 11
The recent issue of UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal includes an article of mine: Games of life and death: The judicial uses of dice in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Sweden (for details, see below). Much of what I have written in recent years has been about problem gambling, but in this article I have returned …
May 28
The Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries Group has been organizing its annual “Responsible Gaming Academy” (RGA) since 2004. On May 22 the eleventh academy took place in Vienna. About 240 people attended. Among the presenters were Jeffrey Derevensky from Canada, Tobias Hayer from Germany and Neven Ricijaš from Croatia. I presented about gambling advertising, in …
May 15
The Swedish Gambling Research network (GARN) held its third meeting on May 8-9. About 17 people participated in the network meeting, which was held in Strängnäs Our invited guest Anssi Airas from the Finnish Foundation for Gaming Research told us about gambling studies in Finland. We discussed the possibilities of future collaboration between our organizations …
Apr 04
The Responsible Gambling Trust in the UK has published a report on gambling advertising research, authored by me. The report is now online and can be accessed here: > Gambling advertising: A critical research review Binde, Per (2014). Gambling advertising: A critical research review. London: The Responsible Gambling Trust. SUMMARY This report provides a …
Mar 31
I have been a member of the Board of directors of the Swedish Gambling Authority for nearly seven years. However, I have chosen to leave this position and today, March 31, is my final day at the Board. Seven years is a quite long time and every board like this benefits from renewal. For my …
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