Feb 24
The Anthropology of Gambling – www.ongambling.org – has a new design. I built the old website in 2005, using MS FrontPage. At that time, it was perceived as quite good looking and having some impressive design features. However, time flies in the internet world and in 2010 the site looked very outdated. The huge amount of …
Feb 21
In 2009, a Swedish court of appeal judged that a poker tournament was a game of skill. Starting February 22, the Supreme Court will deliberate the issue. The verdict might have consequences for the Swedish monopoly on commercial poker games. Only the state-owned Casino Cosmopol is allowed to run live tournaments and games. The issue of …
Feb 15
The Responsible Gambling Council in Canada is a non-profit organization that through research, information and awareness is committed to problem gambling prevention. Every year since 2002 the Council holds the Discovery conference. This renowned international conference attracts people who are committed to discovering the latest trends and opportunities in problem gambling prevention, treatment, research and …
Feb 10
The report from the 2010 British gambling prevalence survey has been published. There are many interesting findings in this high quality study. In the adult population, 73% participated in some form of gambling in the past year. This is a return to rates observed in 1999 (72%) and an increase from the rate observed in …
Feb 01
The Swedish Longitudinal Gambling Studies (SWELOGS) has presented a report on the main findings from the 2008/2009 prevalence study. It the first national study in ten years to measure the prevalence of gambling and problem gambling. SWELOGS is a managed by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health. I have been a member of the …
Per Binde