Exploring Internet Gambling Policy, Prevention and Treatment

The book includes BetBuddy research into using data to assess at-risk gambling behaviours.

Internet gambling has emerged as the most radical change to gambling in recent years.

Interactive gambling opportunities using computers and wireless devices has trans-

formed the ways in which players engage in gambling. The technological advances that

have allowed gambling to expand across physical borders and beyond venues has had a

profound impact on gambling policy, regulation, research, treatment and prevention

strategies. This book provides a compilation of current research findings by prominent

international researchers, including the incidence of Internet gambling, how online

gambling is used, sub-groups of online gamblers, and the difference between Internet

and non-Internet gamblers in the general population and among treatment-seekers.

This book is highly relevant for researchers, students, regulators, policymakers,

gambling industry operators, treatment providers and community groups interested in

research findings relevant to online gambling.

This book was originally published as a special issue of International Gambling

Studies.

Sally Gainsbury is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Gambling Edu-

cation and Research at Southern Cross University, Australia. Dr Gainsbury is Editor of

International Gambling Studies and serves on the board of the International Society of

Addiction Journal Editors and the International Society of Managing & Technical

Editors.

Alex Blaszczynski is Professor of Clinical Psychology and the Director of the Gambling

Clinic and Research Unit at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is Editor-in-Chief

of International Gambling Studies and has published widely on many aspects of the

psychology of gambling and responsible gambling strategies.