The Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation has a number of resource materials available for loan. To borrow any of the following resource materials and/or for more information, please email us or contact Marian Ritcey at 424-0963 or toll-free at 1-866-424-0963.
BOOKS
All or Nothing
Preston L. Allen
ISBN 978-1-933354-41-5
Preston l. Allen’s witty, charming, and very liable school bus driver – named – P – is a desperate gambler. He has blown the hundred thousand dollars he won at the casino six months ago, but his wife and children still think he’s loaded. P spins out of control on the addict’s downward spiral of dependency, paranoia and depression, as he must find ways to keep coming up with the money to fool his family and fund his growing addiction.
Bob the Gambler
Frederick Barthelme
ISBN 0-395-92474-x
In this darkly funny love story, Ray and Jewel Kaiser try (and push) their luck at the Paradise casino. On their way to financial free-fall, they face unlucky cards, iffy jobs, and a wayward teenage daughter. After tumbling headfirst out of their middle-class Eden, the Kaisers discover they’ve landed in an even more fertile garden outside its walls. Bob the Gambler is a novel about wising up better late than never.
Born to Lose "Memoirs" of a Compulsive Gambler
Bill Lee
ISBN 1-59285-153-3
Born in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Lee was raised in a culture where it was not unheard of for gamblers, his own grandfather included, to lose their children to a bet. Chronic compulsive gambling would become Lee’s fate too.
Casino State: Legalized Gambling in Canada
Edited by James F. Cosgrave and Thomas R. Klassen
ISBN 978-0-8020-9688-3
A timely collection that examines the controversial role of the state as a promoter of gambling activities often against the best interest of its citizens. Casino State provides a comprehensive overview of the central issues related to the legalization and expansion of gambling in Canada.
Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening
Robert J. Meyers Ph.D. and Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D.
This book is based on CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training), an Intervention Program. Helps the loved ones of problem drinkers or drug users improve the quality of their lives while making sobriety a more rewarding option for their loved one than drinking or taking drugs.
Going for Broke…and Making It: Inside the Secret Lives of a Compulsive Gambler
Terry K.
ISBN 1-59457-471-5
Author Terry K. has written a first-person account of the rise, fall, and rise again of a compulsive gambler. Read how the insidious disease of compulsive gambling infects and destroys the lives of the gambler, his family, and friends without thought or consideration for personal, professional, emotional, or legal consequence. This is a must read for anyone who thinks they, or someone they care about, may have a potential problem with compulsive gambling.
Gripped By Gambling
Marilyn Lancelot
ISBN 978-1-58736-770-0
A nightmare begins with alcohol addiction, followed by prescription drugs, overeating, and eventually gambling. This is a woman’s journey back from the Hell she created.
Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling
Martha Frankel
ISBN 978-1-58542-558-7
Martha Frankel grew up in a warm, loving family of die-hard gamblers, where her father’s poker games and her mother’s mah-jongg blended happily with big pots of delicious food and endless gossip. Frankel left for college. Gambling didn’t factor much into her life. She thought her family legacy had passed her by. But all this changed when she discovered online poker.
Losing Mariposa: The Memoir of a Compulsive Gambler
Doug Little
ISBN 1-55022-533-2
In this harrowing memoir about his two-year binge as a compulsive gambler, Doug Little recounts his fall from grace that made national front-page headlines, destroyed his life, and brought him to the very gates of prison, insanity, and death. As a community leader, Little bet on a world-class casino as the economic salvation of his town while he himself was addicted, gambling feverishly to win back the thousands of dollars he had “borrowed” from the eight bank accounts he controlled.
Loving the Addict: The Crosbie Experience
Heather Davidson
ISBN 0-9690973-1
This book records how the Crosbie House program works from the point of view of the staff and patients.
MY HEALTH
Talking Openly About Healthy LIving
Ted Temertzoglou (Lead Author)
ISBN 978-1-55077-183-1
This is the approved text book for Nova Scotia Grade 9 Healthy Living Classes as of September 2010.
Nicotine Dreams: A Story of Compulsive Gambling
Katie Cunningham
ISBN 1-58939-780-0
Meet Kim … a fairly ordinary, middle-age woman with a job, two adult children, and a difficult husband. For enjoyment, she plays the stock market, buys expensive handbags, and sneaks an occasional cigarette. But when a casino opens within driving distance of her house, her life as she knows it will soon be over.
Research and Measurement Issues in Gambling Studies
Garry Smith, David C. Hodgins, Robert J. Williams
ISBN 13: 978-0-12-370856-4
Intended as a reference text for advanced students and academics working in the field of gambling studies, this book should also interest problem gambling treatment providers, gambling policy makers, and laypersons interested in gambling as a cultural phenomenon.
Terminal Damage: The Politics of VLTs in Atlantic Canada
Peter McKenna
VLTs, by far, are the most addictive of all gambling activities …and the biggest cash cow. This book examines why public policy action has been more symbolic that substantive and how VLTs have become increasingly politicized since the early 1980s. It is a clarion call to governments to take real action.
The Greatest Gambling Stories Ever Told: Thirty-One Tales of Risk and Reward
Edited by Paul Lyons
ISBN 1-59228-318-7
Editor Paul Lyons has compiled thirty-one of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, ever penned about our collective gambling vice, which has been a part of our history and culture since ancient times. Whether your vice be a tame game of bingo or a visit to the local horse track, a friendly game of poker with friends or a tense match of billiards in a smoky parlor, chances are that you, at one time or another, have gambled on something. And nowhere in man’s fascination with gambling more clearly evident than in the massive profits amassed each year by illegal bookmakers and the lavish casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and abroad.
This Must Be Hell: A Look at Pathological Gambling, 2nd Edition
Hale Humphrey, Ph.D.
ISBN 0-595-13498-x
An inside look into the hell of the pathological gambler. Composite case studies of gamblers, the problems associated with pathological gambling, including relational, financial, and legal. How to identify the problem and how to get help when needed.
Author Hale Humphrey is a US certified gambling counselor. She was married to a pathological gambler for seven years.
DVDS AND VIDEOS
Betting on Older Adults: A Problem Gambling Awareness Kit
Produced by Centretown Community Health Centre, Sault Area Hospital, St. Joseph's Care Group and the Responsible Gambling Council
This facilitator's guide provides exercises to be used with an audience of older adults after viewing the video: "Betting on Older Adults".
New Beginnings: Problem Gambling Awareness for Newcomers in Ethno-Cultural Communities
Produced by COSTI Immigrant Services and the Responsible Gambling Council
This video and facilitator's guide were produdcced for use with newcomers to Canada. The video gives newcomers information about gambling, and suggests ways to avoid a gambling problem. The facilitator's guide will help group leaders facilitate a discussion following the video presentation.
Playing the Machines... an addiction that gambles more then your money.
Produced by Morag Loves Company for CBC Television
This DVD a riveting documentary about the dangers of "Playing the (VLT) Machines". Written and directed by Barbara Doran and narrated by Gordon Pinsent, the DVD explores the stories of families who have felt the impact of gambling addiction and discusses how society is hooked on gambling.
Youth Gambling Problems: Practical Information for Health Professionals NEW
Produced by the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours
This media toolkit was created to offer physicians and allied health professionals a set of quick and easy desktop reference tools concerning yout gambling, its prevalence and the biological and psychosocial correlates associated with problem gambling among youth. The DVD and accompanying CD-ROM contain interviews with world-renowned experts, scholarly papers, journal articles and screening tools.
Youth Gambling Problems: Practical Information for Professionals in the Criminal Justice System NEW
Produced by the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours
This media toolkit was created to offer judges, attorneys, and other legal system professionals a set of quick and easy desktop reference tools concerning youth gambling, its prevalence, and the legal implications and challenges associated with problem gambling among youth.The DVD and accompanying CD-ROM contain interviews with world-renowned experts, scholarly papers, journal articles and screening tools.
CDs
Are you gambling with your life?
Produced by the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.
This interactive CD was developed to assist Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) personnel, educators, facilitators, counselors, psychologists and others in provideing essential information about the danges and consequesnces of gambling to high risk young people incarcerated in DJJ facilities or outside the DJJ system. Although it is language sensitive, it is not intended for mainstream youth or the public school system.
Get Gambling Facts* (Facilitator's Version)
Copyright: Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) 2007
The programs on this CD have been developed by the staff at the AFM to demonstrate how some of the basic concepts in gambling such as randomness and house advantage will inevitabilty lead to a loss of money for players over time. These programs combine interactive play and simple graphics to create an entertaining and informative approach to teaching some of the often confusing aspects of gambling.
Playing It Safe: Problem Gambling Awareness for Seniors
Produced by the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.
This educational and instructional toolkit enables senior service providers to present the topic of gambling among older adults effectively and creatively. The materials are designed to provide high flexibility to accommodate presentation timelines and diverse audiences. It includes an instructor's guide, a Dire Stakes game, videos of recovering persons, including field experts, a video docudrama and more.
PTA Toolkit: Problem Gambling Program for Adolescents
Produced by the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.
Although developed for Florida, this CD contains information pertinent to youth gambling and problem gambling any where. It contains tangible tools for parents, teachers, counselors, and students, as well as a counselor guide, exercisesand a video docudrama on teen betting.
Students Against Gambling Addiction (SAGA)
Produced by the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.
Many college students are involved in gambling on cards, sports, the Internet, dice and other things. This toolkit aids institutions in devising campus-wide programs and provvides training guides and materials for college counselors, peer advocates, resident advisors, coaches, students, and more.
Youth Gambling Problems: Practical Information for Health Professionals NEW
Produced by the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours
This media toolkit was created to offer physicians and allied health professionals a set of quick and easy desktop reference tools concerning yout gambling, its prevalence and the biological and psychosocial correlates associated with problem gambling among youth. The DVD and accompanying CD-ROM contain interviews with world-renowned experts, scholarly papers, journal articles and screening tools.
Youth Gambling Problems: Practical Information for Professionals in the Criminal Justice System NEW
Produced by the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviours
This media toolkit was created to offer judges, attorneys, and other legal system professionals a set of quick and easy desktop reference tools concerning youth gambling, its prevalence, and the legal implications and challenges associated with problem gambling among youth.The DVD and accompanying CD-ROM contain interviews with world-renowned experts, scholarly papers, journal articles and screening tools
PRESENTATIONS
2008 National Gambling Report
Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour
Presented By: Allan Gregg, Chairman - Harris Decima
Copy of a presentation give by Allan Gregg at the Canadian Gaming Summit, Aptil 29, 2008.
OTHER RESOURCES
2007 Nova Scotia Adult Gambling Prevalence Study
Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection
The 2007 Nova Scotia Adult Gambling Prevalence Study, commissioned by Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection (NSHPP), marks the fourth such study to be conducted in the province and the second using the Canadian Problem Gambling Index. This report describes the prevalence of gambling and problem gambling among adults 19 years of age and older who are permanent residents of Nova Scotia.
Alcohol Indicators Report - A framework of alcohol indicators describing the consumption of use, patterns of use, and alcohol-related harms in Nova Scotia. November 2005
The Alcohol Indicators Report for Nova Scotia provides a framework for a provincial monitoring system comprised of alcohol indicators that are direct and/or proxy measures of alcohol use and related harms. A major goal in the dissemination of the alcohol indicators report is to inform key stakeholders, at the provincial, regional, municpal, and community levels, of the significant health, economic, and social costs of acohol-related harms in Nova Scotia and the pressing need to recognize this issue as a priority for action.
Beacon - Pictou County Guide to Seniors Services 2008 - 2009
Funded by the Pictou County Health Authority, this booklet provides information related to seniors' programs and services available in Pictou County.
Best Practices for Preventing Substance Use Problems in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection
Mainly intended for use by prevention professionals, this report, and a companion report, Best Advice for Preventing Gambling Problems in Nova Scotia, support the initiative by HPP to establish standards of practice for prevention field workers which are informed by evidence. This report provides summaries of the current scientific evidence in the two areas of practice.
Changing the Culture of Alcohol Use in Nova Scotia
Responding to the Nova Scotia Alcohol Strategy: Provincial Iniatives led by the Department of Health Promotion and Protection. 2007
This document is a summary of the Department of Health Promotion and Protection's key actions in the first year of the Nova Scotia Alcohol Strategy.
Nova Scotia Student Drug Use 2007 - Highlights Report
Christiane Pooulin and Wanda McDonald
Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection, Addiction Services and Dalhousie University funded the Nova Scotia part of the 2007 Student Drug Use Survey in the Atlantic Provinces. The 2007 survey revealed essentially no change in the student rate of participation in gambling for money (60%), and in the prevalence of at-risk (3%) and problem gambling (2%). In 2007, 5% of all students played on internet gambling sites for real money, and 26% of all students played on internet gambling sites for points or play money.
Personal Financial Strategies for the Loved Ones of Problem Gamblers
A publication of the National Council on Problem Gambling and the National Endowment for Financial Education
This handbook was prepared by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) and the National Council on Problem Gambling and is designed to help the loved ones of a problem gambler deal with financial issued due to gambling before they become a major financial problem. It can also help someone recover financially if they already have serious money problems.
Problem Gambling: The Issues, the Options
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Aimed at people who have problems with gambling. This booklet aims to help one understand how gambling may be affecting their life and the difference between low-risk and harmful gambling.
Problem Gambling: A Guide for Families
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
This guide is aimed at people who are concerned about a family member or close friend's gambling. This booklet aims to help people understand problem gambling, how it may affect a family, and ways to regain control of their lives.
Problem Gambling: A Guide for Helping Professionals
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
This booklet is for people who work in the helping professions such as clinicians, social and health care providers, the clergy and employee assistance program counsellors among others.
Resources for a Healthier Campus: Helping Students Help
A Publication of Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection and Addiction Services
Resources for a Healthier Campus: Helping Students Help is a pilot campus awareness and education program for post secondary students in Nova Scotia. The program better informs students on the harms of high risk drinking and gambling and is facilitated by Addiction Services professionals. This resource is available in English or in French.
Winning Within - A Self Help Guide to Changing Gambling Behaviours
Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection and Addiction Services
This booklet aims to help someone understand their gambling behaviour and how gambling can become a problem for some people. It provides helpful tips and strategies to gain control of one's gambling. Includes information on professional help available in Nova Scotia.
