Gambling is a popular form of entertainment in our society, with 76% of men and 68% of women having gambled in the past year. With the rise of Internet gambling and the UK’s first Vegas-style supercasino currently being planned, making a bet is becoming ever easier. However, for the UK’s estimated 370,000 problem gamblers it is a dangerous addiction. This book looks at current UK gambling trends, gambling by Internet and mobile phone, and at the issue of problem gambling.
The information comes from a wide range of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Gambling in the UK
Gambling, Forms of gambling, The Gambling Commission, The science of gambling, Governing gambling, Key facts about the National Lottery, Lottery timeline, Under 16s and the National Lottery, UK’s first super casino, Q&A: Supercasino, Risks of the ‘supercasino’, Interactive or remote gambling, Are there any benefits to gambling?
Chapter Two: Cybergambling
Boom in online gambling, Online gambling in Europe, Online gambling drives addiction rates, Gambling at work, £1m online loser jailed, Online poker hooks teenagers, Mobile gambling boom time ahead.
Chapter Three: Problem Gambling
The problem with gambling, Information on gambling, Gambling ‘as addictive as crack cocaine’, Doctors fear boom in gambling addiction, One in 10 Scottish children is gambling addict, Story of a teenage problem gambler, More women seeking help over gambling addiction, Signs and interventions for a gambling dependency, Gambling debt, Gamblers Anonymous and GamAnon, Drug may curb pathological gambling.
Key Facts
Glossary
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• Popular gambling activities in our society are: National Lottery and scratchcards, football pools, fruit/slot machines, Bingo, betting on horse/dog racing, gambling in casinos, betting on sports events, private card games, raffles. Increasingly, opportunities to gamble are becoming available through new technology, e.g. Internet, WAP phones, Interactive Television. (page 1)
• The estimated annual turnover of gambling activities in the UK is about £53 billion, according to 2005 figures from the National Audit Office. (page 4)
• Tax calculations suggest that 78% of the British population gambled at some point during 2005. (page 6)
• Fruit machines remain the most popular form of underage gambling for under 16s with over half of young people (54%) saying they have ever played on them and 49% in the past year. (page 11)
• A 2006 report predicted that the number of online gamblers in the UK will grow from 1.1m to 2.1m over the next four years. (page 19)
• Research shows that by the time most compulsive gamblers seek help, they are hugely in debt and their family life is a shambles. About 80% seriously consider suicide, and up to 20% attempt or succeed in killing themselves. (page 23)
• There are 40 million online gamblers around the world. That number is predicted to quadruple by 2020. (page 25)
Gambling Trends Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 393 9
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