Dec 20
The new issue of the journal Lotteriinspektionens skriftserie (in Swedish) includes an article of mine. The article is about Swedish terminology relating to problem gambling and aims at clarifying some of the most common terms. You find an abstract below as well as a link to the article. Lotteriinspektionens skriftserie (“Periodical of the Swedish Gambling …
Dec 14
The Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) is the leading charity in the UK committed to minimizing gambling-related harm. It funds education, prevention and treatment services and commissions research. On December 11, the RGT hosted its first ever harm minimization conference in London. The conference brought together about 150 participants from government, academia, industry and responsible gambling campaigners. …
Dec 14
Mutual support societies of problem gamblers have been present in Sweden for 20 years. These societies have helped more people with gambling problems than any other institution inside or outside the Swedish health care system. Most of the mutual support societies belong to the National Association of Gambling Addicts (Spelberoendes riksförbund, SBRF). SBRF and its …
Nov 03
The gambling company PAF held its first responsible gaming summit in Mariehamn, Åland, on October 29. About 70 people participated. There were representatives from gambling companies (both state-owned, commercial and charity), researchers, politicians, representatives of problem gamblers’ associations and companies supplying responsible gaming knowledge and solutions. The mix of people was thus unusually broad for …
Oct 31
The Swedish Gambling Research Network (GARN) held its second meeting on October 24-25 in Stockholm. About 20 researchers participated. Three invited guest speakers presented on the first day of the meeting: Robert Williams (University of Lethbridge, Canada), Sylvia Kairouz (Concordia university, Canada) and Ludwig Kraus (IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Germany). Their presentations are available here. …
Per Binde