The study will follow 2,000 volunteers, including non-gamblers, leisure gamblers and problem gamblers, over a five-year period to see how gambling trends change with age, with the implementation of new legislation, with the opening and closing of gambling establishments and with personal life circumstances. In particular, the U of C aims at understanding the role played by accessibility in influencing leisure gamblers to become problem gamblers.
The research findings will be used to find solutions to gambling problems and perhaps help develop gambling policies.
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