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A National Survey of Gambling Problems in Canada

Author(s) -

Brian J. Cox,

Nancy Yu,

Tracie O. Afifi,

Robert Ladouceur

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the canadian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1497-0015

pISSN - 0706-7437

DOI - 10.1177/070674370505000404

Subject(s) - demography , population , lottery , mental health , geography , prevalence , public health , psychology , medicine , socioeconomics , psychiatry , sociology , statistics , mathematics , nursing

The 1990s saw widespread expansion of new forms of legalized gambling involving video lottery terminals (VLTs) in community settings (that is, in bars and restaurant lounges) and permanent casinos in several Canadian provinces. To date, there has never been a national survey of gambling problems with representative interprovincial data. Using a new survey, we sought to compare prevalence figures across the 10 Canadian provinces.

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