London: Up to 300,000 Britons are gambling addicts and the number will rise because of the internet, say researchers. Sports and machine gambling is now easily accessible in the homes of people who would once have had to visit a betting shop or casino. This has also made gambling on credit cards easy, according to researchers from Calgary University in Canada.
In a seminar published online in The Lancet, researchers call for more innovative research into the links between "pathological" gambling and other addictions such as alcohol and drug abuse. May 19, 2011 Thursday, Edition 2; National Edition Copyright 2011 Telegraph Media Group Limited« return to mental health news
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