Below is a list of references that were used in the creation of this website. They are also great resources to those attempting to better understand gambling behavior.

Articles

Delong, W. (2006). Gambling: The new addiction crisis in higher education. Prevention File 5-7. 

Hardy, T. (2006). “A minute to learn and a lifetime to master”: Implications of the Poker craze for college campuses. New Directions for Student Services, pg. 33-41.

Laker, J. (2006) Ethical and practical considerations for developing institutional gambling policy.  New Directions for Student Services, pp. 73-82.

McClellan, G. & Winters, K., (2006). Gambling: An old school new wave challenge of higher education in the twenty-first century. New Directions for Student Services,  9-23.

Romer D. ( 2005). Youth betting on cards rising. The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Shaffer, H., Hall, M., Bilt, J. (1999). Estimating the prevalence of disordered gambling behavior in the United States and Canada: A research synthesis. American Journal of Public Health, 9, 1369-1376.

Slutske, W, Jackson, K., Sher, K. (2003). The natural history of problem gambling from age 18 to 29. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2, 263-274.

Slutske, W. (2006). Natural recovery and treatment-seeking in pathological gambling: Results of two U.S national surveys. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 297-302.

Stinchfield, R., Hanson, W., Olson D. (2006). Problem and pathological gambling among college students. New directions for Student Services, 63-72.

Brochures

Hazelden Foundation. (1993). Understanding Compulsive Gambling Revised (Brochure). Center City, Minnesota: Henry R. Lesieur.  

Illinois Higher Education Center Alcohol and other Drug and Violent Prevention. Festering Beneath the Surface (Booklet). http://www.illinoishec.org/frames/pages/Gambling%20Booklet.pdf

Illinois Higher Education Center Alcohol and other Drug and Violent Prevention. Gambling and College Students. (Brochure). Charleston, Illinois.

Minnesota Institute of Public Health. (1998). Gambling: Choices and Guidelines (3rd Ed). Mounds View, Minnesota: Roger Svendsen & Tom Griffin.

Missouri Alliance to Curb Problem Gambling. Gambling Problem? (Brochure). Jefferson City, Missouri.

Missouri Gaming Commission. When the Fun Stops… (Brochure). Jefferson City, Missouri.

National Council on Problem Gambling Inc. (2001).  Women who gamble too much. (Brochure). Washington D.C:  Henry R. Lesieur & Marie Marks.

National Council on Problem Gambling Inc. (2001).  Compulsive Gambling: A concern for families with alcoholism and the other drug  problems. (Brochure). Washington D.C:  Henry R. Lesieur & Shelia B. Blume.

Websites

Gambling Anonymous
http:// www.gamblersanonymous.org (Information retrieved May 2006)

Gambling Problems Resource Center
www.miph.org/gambling (Information retrieved May 2006)

Illinois Higher Education Center for Alcohol and other Drug and Violent Prevention
http://www.illinoishec.org (Information retrieved May 2006)

Missouri Gaming Commission
http://www.mgc.state.mo.us (Information retrieved May 2006)

Missouri Alliance to Curb Problem Gambling
http://www.888BETSOFF.com (Information retrieved May 2006)

National Council on Problem Gambling
http://www.ncpgambling.org (Information retrieved May 2006)

The Council of Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey
http://www.800gambler.org (Information retrieved May 2006)

The Wager: Harvard Website
http://www.basisonline.org/wager (Information retrieved May 2006)