• DOI:10.4309/JGI.2006.16.19
Corpus ID: 146510217

Gambling and problem gambling in a sample of university students

@article{Williams2006GamblingAP,
  title={Gambling and problem gambling in a sample of university students},
  author={R. Williams and Dennis Connolly and Robert T. Wood and Nadine R Nowatzki},
  journal={Journal of Gambling Issues},
  year={2006}
}

• R. Williams, Dennis Connolly, +1 author Nadine R Nowatzki
• Published 2006
• Psychology
• Journal of Gambling Issues

University students from southern Alberta ( n = 585) were administered a questionnaire to assess their gambling behaviour. Seventy-two percent reported gambling in the past 6 months, with the most common types being lotteries and instant win tickets (44%) and games of skill against other people (34%). Most students who gambled spent very little time and money doing so (median time spent = 1.5 hrs; median amount of money spent = $0). While gambling is an innocuous activity for most, a… Expand

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