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 What’s New in Research
This Australian paper discusses gambling as a public health concern and outlines why local circumstances are central to such concerns. It argues that strategies designed to prevent or minimize gambling-related problems should target the local contextual environment.
 
This UK report offers a European country-by-country analysis of the known empirical (and in some cases anecdotal) evidence of gambling and problem gambling in each country.
 
This UK paper provides information on participation in remote forms of gambling (i.e., via computer, mobile phone or interactive television). The findings are from an omnibus survey conducted by ICM Research in 2001 and 2005.
 
An initiative of the Australian Ministerial Council on Gambling, this online research database lists over 1500 gambling research publication titles - searchable via topic, title author or category.

2008 Statistics Canada: Perspectives on Labour and Income: Gambling
This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of labour and income data. Topics include youth in the labour market, pensions and retirement, work arrangements, education and training, and trends in family income. One section highlights gambling.

2007 Statistics Canada: Perspectives on Labour and Income: Gambling
This publication brings together and analyzes a wide range of labour and income data. Topics include youth in the labour market, pensions and retirement, work arrangements, education and training, and trends in family income. One section highlights gambling.

2007 British Columbia Problem Gambling Prevalence Study
This report presents the results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch of British Columbia’s Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. The main objectives of this research were to determine the prevalence and nature of gambling and problem gambling within the adult population of British Columbia, as well as to compare findings to prior surveys completed in British Columbia and in other Canadian provinces. Problem gambling estimates were assessed using the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI).

Consequences of pathological gambling on the gambler and his spouse
This paper discusses how each member of a couple that includes a problem gambler differs in their perception of harm related to gambling.
 
This reports reveals findings of a pilot study which used online survey techniques to profile internet gamblers.

Problem Gamblers’ Interest in Self-Help Services
This letter to the editor of Psychiatric Services addresses the difficulty in trying to get problem gamblers to seek face-to-face treatment.

Research Agenda: Manitoba Gaming Control Commission 2008/9
The Manitoba Gaming Control Commission seeks to develop a valid frameworks capable of accurately measuring the impact of gambling within the province and country.
In 2003, an inter-provincial group of funding partners was convened under the aegis of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) to oversee the development of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI). The objective was to develop an instrument for assessing gambling risk and problem gambling in adolescent populations. This research was to be undertaken in two phases. Phase I included an examination of the gambling literature, consulting with an expert panel and conducting focus groups with adolescents. This process resulted in the development of a conceptual framework, an operational definition of adolescent problem gambling, and a draft pool of 51 candidate items for measuring gambling risk and problems among adolescents.
This document contains the key materials reviewed in the development of the Phase I report on the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (see above).
 
Performance and Enhancement of the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI): Report and Recommendations  (PHASE II - FINAL REPORT)
Phase II of the project involved providing a common version of CAGI in English and French and testing the candidate items to determine which should be included in the final instrument. Data collection included a pilot test with students from Manitoba and from Québec, followed by a general school survey, a re-test from the general school survey, and clinical validation interviews with students who initially participated in the general school survey.
 
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