Journal of Gambling Issues [New Issue]

Issue 14 (September 2005) of the Journal of Gambling Issues is now freely accessible online. Contents:

• Conceptual challenges from pathological gambling
  By Nigel E. Turner
  
• Generational comparison among female pathological gamblers
  By Andria M. Botzet
  
• Interpreting prevalence estimates of pathological gambling:Implications for policy
  By Blasé Gambino
  
• "Double trouble": The lived experience of problem and pathological gambling in later life
  By Gary Nixon, Jason Solowoniuk, Brad Hagen, & Robert J. Williams
  
• Clients' perspectives of, and experiences with, selected Australian problem gambling services
  By Alun C. Jackson & Shane A. Thomas
  
• Youth gambling: A public health perspective
  By Carmen Messerlian & Jeffrey L. Derevensky
  
• Natural course of gambling disorders: Forty-month follow-up
  By David C. Hodgins & Nicole Peden
  
• The case of the sleepless slot-machine supplicant:Bipolar disorder and pathological gambling
  By Bruce Ballon
  
• Can playing poker be good for you? Poker as a transferable skill
  By Adrian Parke, Mark Griffiths, & Jonathan Parke
  
• Gambling problems in youth: Theoretical and applied perspectives
  Reviewed by Keis Ohtsuka
  
• Suburban Xanadu: The casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond
  Reviewed by William Thompson
  
• Culture and the gambling phenomenon
  Reviewed by Phil Lange