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Summary of problem gambling research

Earlier this week the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) presented a summary report on problem gambling research. The report is authored by Jessika Svensson (The Swedish National Institute of Public Health), Anders Tengström (Karolinska institutet) and myself. The report (in Swedish) summarizes research on problem gambling in Sweden and internationally. The …

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New Swedish EGMs presented

The state-owned gambling company Svenska Spel will add responsible gambling features to their “Vegas” brand of EGMs (Electronic Gaming Machines). There seems not yet to be any publicly available description of the new features, so what follows here are notes that I made during the event in Stockholm last week when the new machines were …

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X-CONS seminar on youth gambling

The past week has been very busy with a number of meetings in Stockholm that all had to do with gambling. Here come a few notes about some of them. More posts will follow. X-CONS Haninge is an organization based in a suburb of Stockholm that runs a number of projects to prevent social problems …

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New article: Gambling in Sweden

My article “Gambling in Sweden: The cultural and socio-political context” has been published in the journal Addiction. The article is included in the series “National gambling experiences”, which gives brief, yet comprehensive and well-informed, overviews of gambling and problem gambling in various countries. Abstract Aim To provide an overview, with respect to Sweden, of the …

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Free access to IGS gambling journal

Tylor & Francis Online is offering free access to all Routledge Behavioral Science Journals throughout February. Access to the journal articles is normally available only to subscribing institutions (such as university libraries) and to individuals who pay per article. This offer includes many interesting journals – start here. Among the journals with free access in …

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