Betting your life on it

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1055

BMJ 2004;329:1055-1056 (6 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1055

Editorial

Betting your life on it

Problem gambling has clear health related consequences

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The United Kingdom is about to undergo one of the most radicalchanges of gambling legislation in its history. The new gamblingbill will provide the British public with increased opportunitiesand access to gambling like they have never seen before. Gamblinglegislation will be revolutionised, and many of the tight restrictionson gambling dating back to the 1968 Gaming Act will be relaxed.As a result the number of casinos will increase, and Las Vegastype casinos will be introduced in resorts such as Blackpool.The deregulation of gambling is also coupled with the many newmedia in which people can gamble. As a consequence of technologicalinnovation, people in the United Kingdom now have access tointernet, interactive television, and mobile phone gambling.Given the expected explosion in gambling opportunities, is thissomething that the medical profession should be concerned about?

Gambling has not been traditionally viewed . . . [Full text of this article]

Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling studies

International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Department of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU (mark.griffiths@ntu.ac.uk)

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