RESEARCH / INFORMATION / MATERIALS ::

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Reports / Studies:

• Louisiana Under Age Access to Gambling (PDF)
• Estimating the Social Costs of Gambling Disorders in LA. for 1998 (PDF)
• 2002 Gambling in Louisiana Report (PDF)
• Adolescent Gambling in the Australian Capital Territory - 2005 (PDF)
• Gambling Impact and Behavior Study - 1999 (PDF)
• Delaware Gambling Summary (2002)
• Youth Gambling - A Clinical and Research Perspective
• Lottery Fact Sheet - 2004 (PDF)
• Youthful Gambling in the United States

Brochures / Flyers / Gambling Materials:

• Why It's Important to Talk to Your Teens About Gambling and How to Do It
  (Created by the Responsible Gambling Council)
• Your First Step to Change
  (Created by Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling & Related Disorders)

Educational Resources:

Canadian YMCA Youth Gambling Prevention Program - Curriculums:

• Curriculum Support Package - Grades 3 - 6 (PDF)
• Curriculum Support Package - Grades 7 - 8 (PDF)
• Curriculum Support Package - Grades 9-12 (PDF)

Facing the Odds: The Mathematics of Gambling and Other Risks:

This curriculum, created by Harvard Medical School - Division of Additions, provides an opportunity for students to learn about mathematics through relevant contemporary social issues has the potential to increase student interest in mathematics and concurrently to diminish the likelihood of the development of addictive behaviors. Additionally, there are supplemental files provided as teaching resources for teachers. The supplemental files are overhead slides intended for classroom use. These files have been saved as Microsoft PowerPoint files. If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer, you can download a free PowerPoint viewer from the Microsoft web site.

All files listed below, over 80MB in total, as well as additional information about the project and curriculum files are available from the following Harvard Medical School - Division of Addictions web page - "Facing the Odds". If you have trouble downloading the files below, you can obtain them from the link.

• Curriculum Preface (PDF)
• Section 1: Introduction to Probability (PDF)
      Section 1 Supplemental (PPT)
• Section 2: Probability and Gambling (PDF)
      Section 2 Supplemental (PPT)
• Section 3: Media Literacy & Gambling (PDF)
      Section 3 Supplemental (PPT)
• Section 4: Reality of Winning the Lottery (PDF)
      Section 4 Supplemental (PPT)
• Section 5: Statistics in Everyday Life (PDF)
• References & Glossary (PDF)