Research into senior gambling
Lakehead University’s Psychology Department is seeking participants for a new study on gambling behaviour and health conditions among older adults.Clinical Psychology student Emily King is collecting the data with a professor of the department.
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Do you know that:
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- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
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- The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
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