THERE were three pubs with slot machines in Madunice village in western Slovakia. Whole Roma families regularly gathered in front of them waiting for head of the family to bring some money and many ...

Millions of children will become gambling addicts because ministers are 'naive' about the dangers posed by their casino reforms, one of the world's leading experts warned. Prof Mark Griffiths hit out ...

When it comes to addictions, gambling may not be the first one you think of, but it's a big problem in the United States, and it's only gotten worse with the legalization of sports betting.

Historic horse racing machines, seen here at Ocean Gaming Casino in Hampton, look like slot machines, but the results are determined by the outcome of past horse races, not a random number generator.

Belfast man Declan Cregan was just 16 when he placed his first bet. From putting that one pound coin into a slot machine, he went on to spend the next 10 years of his life gambling every day. He lost ...

You might not find a full casino at U.S. military bases, but that doesn't mean gambling isn't happening. Much of the gambling is sanctioned and encouraged by the U.S. armed forces in the form of slot ...

Scientists have set up a rat casino to study compulsive gambling in humans. And they have found that drugs that block dopamine receptors in the brain could be the key to beating gambling addiction.

Explore the near miss effect and how it triggers euphoria in gamblers’ brains, fueling their drive to play slot machines. To a gambler's brain, a near miss provides almost the same high as a win, ...

Stephanie Graysmark become a 'slave to gambling' whose habit had a 'catastrophic effect' on her grandmother's company, a court heard A MUM stole £170,000 from her cancer-stricken boss to fund her slot ...

The first thing you notice on entering the vast hall of the casino is the sound: an ambient wash of well-modulated tones, a 4,000-strong machine symphony; set not to any discernible pattern, but not ...