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During the course of 30 days in early 2009, Richard Roeper risked more than a quarter million dollars on practically every method of gambling currently available in America. Chronicling his wild ride in a breezy, humorous manner, this entertaining exploration both celebrates and details the many pitfalls and lures through Roeper's stories about his lifelong affair with gambling. With insight and aplomb, the narrative answers the questions What is it like to bet money you don't have, knowing that if you lose, you're in serious trouble? What is it like to play in a poker tournament alongside celebrities and world champions? and What are the 10 best gambling movies of all time? This delightful dalliance proves that the true national pastimes aren't baseball, basketball, or football, but instead fantasy football, March Madness, poker, slots, the lottery, craps, blackjack, church raffles, and bingo.

Gamblers --- Gambling. --- Roeper, Richard,

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"In light of a growing epidemic of teen gambling, this book provides a better understanding of the causes and extent of youth gambling problems, assessment tools to identify teens with gambling addictions and related issues, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of youth who gamble"--

Teenage gamblers --- Adolescent psychology. --- Adolescence --- Teenagers --- Psychology --- Gamblers --- Psychology. --- Social conditions.

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Gambling. --- Gamblers --- Gambling --- Betting --- Chance, Games of --- Games of chance --- Gaming (Gambling) --- Games --- Casinos --- Wagers

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Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted that young people in North America were growing up in a context of legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few social sa- tions to limit a young person’s interest in gambling—like their adult co- terparts—young people now gamble in larger numbers and for seemingly higher stakes. Gradually, gambling-related problems became more visible for young people and the culture slowly but increasingly took notice. By the late 1990s, every sector of American and Canadian society had started to c- sider the effects of legalized gambling on youth. For different reasons, r- resentatives of the gambling and health care industries led the movement to prevent youthful gambling and reconcile existing problems whenever p- sible. Scientists also recognized that there was much to be learned by stu- ing young gamblers. Toward the end of the 20th century, there was a rapid increase in gambling research focusing on developmental issues; half of what is known about gambling emerged during the 1990s. This volume represents an important event in the continuing growth of a field.

Teenage gamblers --- Adolescent psychology. --- Adolescence --- Teenagers --- Psychology. --- Social conditions. --- Psychology --- Gamblers --- Psychology, clinical. --- Health Psychology. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests --- Health psychology. --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology

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Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an urgent need to conduct more studies on adolescent gambling behaviour. Recently significant advances in the knowledge of the risk factors associated with adolescent problems has emerged. This book addresses issues related to prevalence, assessment, prevention and treatment of youth gambling problems as well as concerns related to technological changes associated with youth problem gambling.

Youth --- Teenage gamblers --- Compulsive gambling --- Adolescent psychology. --- Adolescence --- Teenagers --- Psychology --- Pathological gambling --- Problem gambling --- Compulsive behavior --- Gambling --- Impulse control disorders --- Gamblers --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Gambling. --- Psychology. --- Treatment. --- Adolescence, Gambling Industry, Risk Behaviour, Prevention, Youth Gambling.