Problem Gambling Information and Resources

Information and referral, fact sheets, Iowa research reports, statistics. Why people gamble, how gambling affects others, the warning signs of gambling. Operates 1-800-BETS-OFF, a statewide help line.

Disseminates information about problem and pathological (compulsive) gambling

This guide will help you understand gambling, figure out if you need to change, and decide how to deal with the actual process of change. If you're at all concerned about your gambling, this guide is for you. From the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling and the Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions. En Espanol.

A program of the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School with a mission is to alleviate the individual, social, medical and economic burdens caused by pathological gambling through support of rigorous scientific research. Publishes the Wager.

Anti-gaming site that aims to educate "the public about the negative consequences of gambling, stop its expansion, and roll back this menace that is destroying our society." Newsletter, links to articles, citizen tools, initiatives, legislation.

From McGill University. YGI is committed to understanding and addressing youth risk-taking behavior by actively engaging in research, training, service, treatment, prevention, information dissemination, and policy development.

Gambling facts, news, ability to search gambling resources worldwide.

Gamblers Anonymous; List of GA meetings in Iowa

Gam-Anon - for the spouse, family or close friends of compulsive gamblers

Statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program - allows a person to sign one form and not be allowed at any Iowa licensed casino. Download "Iowa Statewide and lifetime self-exclusion form."

20-question survey to identify compulsive gambling behaviors.

Are you living with a Compulsive Gambler? (Gam-Anon)

Pathological Gambling - American Family Physicians report that addresses co-morbidity, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment issues.

Articles from the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey

Seniors and Gambling - from the Arizona Council on Compulsive Gambling

Resources on Internet Addiction - extensive listing from Center for Online Addictions

Hooked: Why your brain is primed for addiction, Aug 2007 New Scientist article

National Study on Collegiate Sports Wagering and Associated Behaviors NCAAA Gambling study reveals sports wagering a threat to collegiate athletics

Easy Money: A Report on America's Booming Gambling Industry and its Economic and Political Clout - From the PBS Program, Frontline. Discussions such as, "What are the odds against you?" "Gambling: Pros and Cons." Facts and statistics, interviews with gambling pros, industry leaders, and opponents, and a history of gambling in the U.S.

How do slot machines and other electronic gambling machines actually work? - Research that serves as a resource for counselors and prevention workers in the field of problem gambling, and also for those in the general public who wish to understand slot machines.

Studies and White Papers (NCALG) - on topics bankruptcy, crime and corruption, addiction, economics

American Gaming Association Funded Research Publications and Third-party Funded Research - numerous research articles covering bankruptcy, crime, disordered gambling, responsible gaming, economic Impact, and suicide.

1998 Montana Gambling Study, March 2004 - Video gambling machines proliferated across the state during the 1990’s, transforming most restaurants and pubs with liquor licenses into “casinos.” The transformation also decorated the state’s main streets with pawn shops and more than doubled the gambling addiction rate in the state. The study reviews tax revenues, problem gambling and crime.

Gambling Literature Online Database on Problem Gambling (Alberta Gaming Research Institute) - contains publications from government, academics, business and industry.

Pathological Gambling: A Critical Review (1999) - read full-text of monograph online

Gambling in California - informative chapters on "Gambling in the U.S.," "History of Gambling in the U.S.," "Why Do People Gamble?," "Economic Impact of Gambling," and more.