Interactive Gaming Council Press
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Calendar
10/03 - 10/04
Mobile Gambling, Gaming and Lotteries – North America
The Ritz-Carlton
10/03 - 10/04
The Poker Summit – North America
The Ritz-Carlton
10/11 - 10/13
European Interactive Gaming Congress 2006
10/31 - 11/01
2nd Annual Mobile Gambling Asia Summit
11/13
Risk Management Intensive - WOGLR
12:00 AM
London
11/14 - 11/16
Global Gaming Expo (G2E)
Las Vegas Convention Center
Self-help Options.


Self help groups for problem gamblers and their families include:

1. Gamblers Anonymous

2. Gam-Anon

3. Gamblers Anonymous 20 questions

4. California Council on Problem Gambling

5. Gamblers Anonymous (UK)

6. Australian Problem Gambling Counselling Services

7. Gamblers Anonymous International Directory

8. GamCare (primarily for the UK)


A comprehensive list of links to Councils and Other Resources for the U.S. & Canada (Revised 5 June 2002) can be found at: http://www.800gambler.org/AffCouncils.asp

The Compulsive Gamblers Hub - http://www.cghub.homestead.com/index.html - has a free compulsive gambling online hub and chat rooms as well as general information.

The European Association for the Study of Gambling has a page that contains useful links to Research and Treatment websites for various locations in the world: http://www.easg.org/links.htm.


There is an interesting report titled, “Youth, Pornography and the Internet” which can be found at: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/porn?OpenDocument. The press release for the report stated:  “An essential element of protecting children from inappropriate material on the Internet -- and one largely ignored in the present debate -- is the promotion of social and educational strategies that teach children to make wise choices about using the Internet and to take control of their online experiences: where they go, what they see, to whom they talk, and what they do …..  The most important step adults can take to help children steer clear of potentially harmful online content is to supervise and be involved in their use of the Internet”. While the report addresses concerns about youth access to pornography, the same general observations apply to online gambling.