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Charting a path towards a public health approach for gambling harm prevention →

50% to 66% of people in the high-risk gambling category were identified as problem gamblers. 94% of people with gambling problems will have at least one cooccurring mental health or addiction ...

Author(s): Alex Price, Margo Hilbrecht, & Rosa Billi

Year Published: 2021

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NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) →

According to data from the 2021 NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) issued by NYSEDU to students in grades 7-12, 23% of students said they have gambled one or more times in the last year.

Author(s): NYS Education Department (NYSED)

Year Published: 2021

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National Survey on Gambling Attitudes →

Sports gambling population is 7x more likely to have lied to hide their gambling many times and 5x more likely to say they’ve needed to rely on others to pay their debts or bills many times.

Author(s): National Council on Problem Gambling

Year Published: 2021

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2020 New York State Problem Gambling Prevalence Survey →

Research results on New York State adults: 3.8% of New Yorkers are at-risk gamblers; 0.7% are problem (0.3%) or pathological (0.4%) gamblers.

Author(s): NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), Prepared by RTI International

Year Published: 2020

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Problem Gambling Within The Context of Poverty: A Scoping Review →

Researchers synthesized findings of 27 studies, spanning several national contexts on prevalence of problem gambling and associations of it with ...

Author(s): Hahmann, T., Hamilton-Wright, S., Ziegler, C., & Matheson, F. I.

Year Published: 2020

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Gambling Problems in US Military Veterans →

33% of hospitalized veterans seeking treatment met criteria for comorbid substance abuse and GD. 66.4% of veterans seeking treatment for GD reported a lifetime history of substance abuse or ...

Author(s): Repairer Etuk, Steven D. Shirk, Joshua Grubbs & Shane W. Kraus

Year Published: 2020

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Exploring the prevalence of gambling harm among active duty military personnel: a systematic scoping review →

20% of service members in treatment for PG endorsed suicidal ideation, 11% reported making a previous suicide attempt. Also, 8 out of 10 studies in this review acknowledge the potential for ...

Author(s): Marisa Paterson, Megan Whitty, and Patrick Leslie

Year Published: 2020

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Gambling and military Service: Characteristics, comorbidity, and problem severity in an epidemiological sample →

Problem gambling scores for past and current military service members are more than double that of the civilian participants.

Author(s): Mark van der Maas and Lia Nower

Year Published: 2020

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A Review of Sports Wagering: Prevalence, Characteristics of Sports Bettors, and Association with Problem Gambling →

45% of individuals have placed a bet on a sporting event at least once in their lives. 22% of mobile device bettors reported problem gambling (versus 18% offline and 16% using PC). 94% of ...

Author(s): Ken C. Winters and Jeffrey L. Derevensky

Year Published: 2019

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Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review →

Literature was gathered through a four-stage search procedure identifying 25 studies of risk-taking and 16 studies of sensation seeking altogether. A highlight: 60% or more of the variance in ...

Author(s): Gunnar Breivik, Trond Svela Sand, and Anders McD Sookermany

Year Published: 2019