Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods. Typically, the outcome of the wager is evident within a short period.
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Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators
– Supports the development of services that will reduce the impact of problem gambling. APGSA members are administrators of public funds dedicated to the provision of problem gambling services.
Direct link: Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators
Chance to Change
– Offers a Christ-centered gambling addiction recovery program, produced for churches.
Direct link: Chance to Change
Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues
– Deals with gambling as a social phenomenon and the prevention and treatment of gambling problems.
Direct link: Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues
Forman Consulting
– Offers preventive educational services at high schools, colleges, and workplaces. Includes screening quiz and background information. Based in New England, U.S.A..
Direct link: Forman Consulting
Friends4Friends
– Tries to prevent problem gambling through an awareness campaign targeting young adults.
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Gambling with the Good Life
– Contains information about an organization that is dedicated to opposing expanded gambling in the state of Nebraska, U.S.A..
Direct link: Gambling with the Good Life
National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
– Contains an information library for gambling facts.
Direct link: National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
National Responsible Gaming Programme
– Offers problem gambling education, treatment, telephone counselling, research, and counsellor training in Africa.
Direct link: National Responsible Gaming Programme
Niagara Multilingual Prevention/Education Problem Gambling Program
– A multilingual gambling information, awareness and prevention site for individuals, families and friends. Educational seminars are available upon request and phone .
Direct link: Education Problem Gambling Program
North American Training Institute Home Page
– Specializes in responsible programs for the gaming and wagering industries, professional, accredited training programs, and in senior citizen and adolescent compulsive gambling issues. Includes Wanna Bet? magazine for kids concerned about gambling.
Direct link: North American Training Institute Home Page
Northern Rivers Gambling Service
– Offers counseling for problem gamblers and their families. Situated in Northern New South Wales, Australia.
Direct link: Northern Rivers Gambling Service
Oregon Council on Problem Gambling
– Offers help to every problem gambler in Oregon. Reports on adolescent gambling and problem gambling.
Direct link: Oregon Council on Problem Gambling
Problem Gambling
– Offers a newsletter about the diagnosis and treatment of problem gambling for educational and informational purposes only.
Direct link: Problem Gambling
Problem Gambling Hub
– Provides a hub for research, treatment, and discussion of problem gambling by the gaming industry and professionals who are concerned with the problem of gambling addiction.
Direct link: Problem Gambling Hub
Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario)
– Contains information about an organization dedicated to responsible gambling awareness.
Direct link: Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario)
Shawn and Drew’s 21 Steps to Stop Gambling
– Provides information about a system to stop gambling.
Direct link: Shawn and Drew’s 21 Steps to Stop Gambling
The Oklahoma Association for Gambling Addiction Awareness
– Provides information about the devastating affect that addictive gambling has on the problem gambler and his family.
Direct link: The Oklahoma Association for Gambling Addiction Awareness
Wannabet.org
– Contains an on-line magazine for kids concerned about the dangers of gambling addiction.
Direct link: Wannabet.org
Want to Stop Gambling?
– Offers a free self-help guide developed by a problem gambler.
Direct link: Want to Stop Gambling?