International Gambling Studies [new issue]

Volume 7, Issue 1 (2007) of the journal International Gambling Studies contains the following original articles:

• Between Law and Custom - Examining the Interaction between Legislative Change and the Evolution of Macao's Casino Industry
  
• The Psychology of Risk-taking in Gambling among Chinese Visitors to Macau
  
• The Security of Gambling and Gambling with Security: Hacking, Law Enforcement and Public Policy
  
• Self-exclusion: A Proposed Gateway to Treatment Model
  
• Multiple Co-occurring Behaviours among Gamblers in Treatment: Implications and Assessment
  
• Validation of the Chinese Version of the Gambling Urges Scale (GUS-C)
  
• The Influence of Music on Estimates of At-risk Gambling Intentions: An Analysis by Casino Design
  
• Prospective Problem Gambling Research: Contribution and Potential

Gambling, Culture, Community and Intervention [free one-day conference]

For those in the Toronto area in late March... you might want to attend what looks to be an interesting (and free!) one-day conference on "Gambling, Culture, Community and Intervention" that is being put on by COSTI Immigrant Services in partnership with the Ontario Resource Group on Gambling, Ethnicity and Culture.

Gambling in Estonia [conference]

The Institute for Problem Gambling and Treatment in Estonia is hosting a conference pertaining to the "Social Responsibility of Gambling Industry Enterprises." I wasn't even aware of the Institute let alone the conference!