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This page contains links to documents authored by project members, to software programs and components developed by the members, and to other references we've found useful and collected here for your convenience.

Documents

Lyons, C. A., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1995). Wagering on a large scale: Relationships between public gambling and game manipulations in two state lotteries. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 127-137.

Dixon, M. R.  (2000).  Manipulating the “Illusion of Control”: Variations in risk-taking as a function of perceived control over chance outcomes.  The Psychological Record, 50, 705-720.

 Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J. & Aban, I. (2000).  Examining the roles of rule following, reinforcement, and pre-experimental histories on risk-taking behavior.  The Psychological Record, 50, 687-704.

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Software

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References & Links

National Council for Responsible Gambling

National Council on Problem Gambling

Gamblers Anonymous

	Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions www.hms.harvard.edu/doa/
	Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming University of Nevada, Reno www.unr.edu/unr/colleges/coba/game
	The Journal of Gambling Studies is devoted to understanding the phenomenon of gambling as a social, economic, legal, psychological, pathological and recreational activity in society. Editor: Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., C.A.S. Director, Division on Addictions Harvard Medical School. Subscription inquiries and orders to Human Sciences Press, Inc. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013-1578 Phone: (212) 620-8468 Fax: (212) 807-1047.
	The Wager a weekly research bulletin published by the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School in collaboration with the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling with support from the NCRG. Available online.

Funding Resources

	The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	NIH Initiative on Pathological Gambling
	The Foundation Center
	Grants and Funding Opportunities for Canadian Researchers

 

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Last updated: January 03, 2003.