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_2020-01-14
An advisory panel to the health minister of Japan has recommended that the treatment of gambling addiction be covered by the national health insurance

_2019-11-25
Dr. Ichiro Sora of the Department of Psychiatry at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine pointed out at a public lecture in Osaka on Friday that a major unaddressed problem is that Japan simply does not have many medical professionals who can treat...

_2018-09-11
High school and middle school students on Jeju Island are at a high risk of gambling addiction, a new survey has found. According to the survey re

_2018-01-10
Finnish researchers are looking into a nasal spray that could treat those with gambling addiction, according to media reports. Researchers at the Nati

_2017-10-18
Jurisdictions that offer wide and frequent access to gambling, such as Australia’s pokies clubs or Japan’s pachinko parlors, may see more cases of

_2017-10-02
Around 3.6 percent of the Japanese population have suffered from gambling addiction, according to a government survey released on Friday. The number a

_2017-09-13
Executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito have agreed that the next Diet session will prioritize passage of

_2017-08-17
Men who have endured physical abuse or violence at home as a child are more likely to become problem gamblers, according to a recent UK survey, Reuter

_2015-10-24
Sands China Ltd. announced it is participating in Responsible Gambling 2015 for the seventh year with several initiatives promoting responsible gaming

_2015-07-15
Singapore’s problem gambling facilities addiction saw 1,000 more cases in the past three years compared to prior three year period. According to the

_2015-07-11
A pokies pilot program was rolled out in all of Melbourne last month to try to reduce gambling addiction. According to the AGE newspaper, a hundred vo