ABSTRACT
Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, political, and policy implications. Until recently, Internet gambling has been understudied by the research community, but now a growing body of literature is emerging, on all aspects of Internet gambling and its attendant implications.
As jurisdictions around the world grapple to understand the best way to respond to Internet gambling from a commercial, regulatory, and social perspective, scholarly studies of Internet gambling are becoming an ever more crucial resource. The Handbook of Internet Gambling consolidates this emerging body of literature into a single reference volume. Its twenty chapters comprise groundbreaking contributions from the world’s leading authorities in the commercial, clinical, political and social aspects of Internet gambling.
It is sure to be a foundational resource for academics, students, regulators, politicians, policy makers, commercial providers, and health care professionals who have an interest in understanding the history, dynamics, and impacts of Internet gambling in a global context.
Part 1: Introduction 1. History, Current Worldwide Situation, and Concerns with Internet Gambling Robert Williams, Robert Wood and Jonathan Parke Part 2: Commercial/Business Aspects 2. Online Gambling: An Economics Perspective David Forrest 3. The Internet Gambling Industry Lorien Pilling and Warwick Bartlett 4. Business Models for Online Gambling by Melody Morgan-Busher 5. Regulation and Reputation: The Gibraltar Approach Natalia Zborowska, Sytze Kingma and Phill Brear Part 3: Major Research Studies of Internet Gamblers 6. The Casino City Study: A Large Scale International Study of Online Gamblers Robert Wood and Robert Williams 7. Internet Poker in Sweden in 2007 Jakob Jonsson 8. The eCOGRA Global Online Gambler Report Jonathan Parke, Jane L. Rigbye, Adrian J. Parke and Leighton Vaughan-Williams 9. The bwin.party Division on Addictions Research Collaborative: Challenges for the Normal Science of Internet Gambling Debi LaPlante, Sarah Nelson, Richard Labrie and Howard Shaffer Part 4: Clinical Aspects 10. Online Gambling among Youth: Cause for Concern? Mark Griffiths, Jeffrey Derevensky and Jonathan Parke 11. The Relationship between Internet Gambling and Problem Gambling Robert Wood, Robert Williams and Jonathan Parke 12. Investigating the Heterogeneity of Problem Gambling Symptoms in Internet Gamblers Joanne Lloyd, Helen Doll, Keith Hawton, William H. Dutton, John Geddes, Guy Goodwin and Robert D. Rogers 13. Internet Gambling, Player Protection, and Social Responsibility Mark Griffiths 14. Online Clinical Support for People with Gambling Problems Sally Gainsbury and Richard Wood Part 5: Legal and Policy Issues 15. Internet Gambling Law I. Nelson Rose 16. Internet Gambling Policy in Europe George Häberling 17. The Only Thing is Uncertainty? Internet Gambling in the United States 1961-2011 Bo Bernhard and Andrew Montgomery 18. Internet Gambling and the Kahnawà:ke First Nation Yale Belanger 19. Internet Gambling and Online Crime John McMullan and Aunshul Rege 20. Policy Options for Internet Gambling Robert Williams, Robert Wood and Jonathan Parke
