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Youth Research

Full citations of references on Office of Problem Gambling  youth pages can be found here:
From The Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues; an overview of youth gambling problems and review of recent youth gambling research www.camh.net/egambling/issue2/feature/index.html

McGill International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors
The Centre is committed to understanding and addressing youth risk-taking behavior by actively engaging in research, training, service, treatment, prevention, information dissemination, and policy development

www.youthgambling.com/

Youth and Poker

“ Talk to Kids About Poker” brochure from the Connecticut DMHAS Problem Gambling Services and Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse
www.ctprevention.org/necasa/gambling.pdf 

National Annenberg Risk Survey www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/07_adolescent_risk/adolescent_risk.htm

Articles
Series on the poker trend, including teen poker concerns, published by USA Today in December 2004

www.usatoday.com/educate/challenge/2005winners/winner2-page1.htm

Youth and Internet Gambling

Articles
“Logging on and Losing: Dealing Addiction to American Kids”
  A 2006 PBS series complete with interviews of college age gamblers
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/gambling/index.html

Sports Illustrated series on Internet Poker and College Students 2005
A candid look at internet gambling among college students complete with interviews of college age gamblers  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/05/23/internet.poker/index.html

 Brochure
“What You Should Know Before You Gamble On-Line”
, a brochure from the Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Mental Health Association
www.cmhask.com/gambling/InternetGambling.pdf

Youth Surveys

Arizona Youth Survey 2006: The Arizona Youth Survey 2006 included a gambling section to the survey for the first time. http://azcjc.gov/pubs/home/2006_AYS_State_Report_Final_110706.pdf

Arizona 2006 youth Gambling Profile Report:  http://azcjc.gov/pubs/home/AZ_Gambling_Profile_FINAL_01162007.pdf

Other Surveys
A growing number of states are adding gambling questions to similar surveys.  Two states that ask the identical question Arizona has added are Delaware and Nebraska.

Delaware
www.dcpg.org

Nebraska
2003 State Report: www.nebraskaprevention.gov/pdf/NRPFSS03statereport.pdf  
2005 State Report: www.nebraskaprevention.gov/nrpfss05.htm

Public Health Perspective on Youth Gambling

Youth Gambling: A public health perspective
Carmen Messerlian & Jeffrey L. Derevensky, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Recognized leading experts on youth and gambling
www.camh.net/egambling/issue14/jgi_14_messerlian.html