Problem Gambling Foundation picks IPIC

The International Pokies Impact Conference (IPIC), hosted by Duty of Care in Melbourne next month, is an ideal opportunity for problem gambling agencies to learn from those closest to the problem, says John Stansfield, CEO of the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand (PGF).

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Fri, August 18th, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
  • U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
  • In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
  • Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.