Internet Gambling Current Research Findings and Implications /

• Main Author: Gainsbury, Sally (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Medicine, 1
• Subjects: Psychology.; Public health.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Demography.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Public Health.; Sociology, general.; Social Policy.

Internet gambling is one of the fastest growing forms of gambling. Global Internet gambling expenditure is predicted to reach US$33.6 billion in 2011. The rapid increase in expenditure of 354% since 2003 has occurred despite Internet gambling being prohibited in several key markets, including the US...