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Gaming is growing. Thirty eight states have casinos, and online betting could soon be legal. For most, gambling is entertainment, but some become dangerously addicted to betting and need help stopping.
Nearly three percent of bettors develop a gambling addiction. They may place larger bets, chase their losses and struggle to walk away from the casino.
"It appears that gambling is part of an addiction syndrome," said International Gaming Institute Executive Director Bo Bernhard. "It sort of branches off the same addiction tree, and drugs and alcohol and gambling are now being considered in a similar way by psychologists, because it looks like it occupies sort of the same parts of the brain."
Bernhard has helped develop Health-E Gambling - a smart phone application to help gamblers when the fun stops.
"If you have an urge, click ‘Yes'. You click ‘Yes', you might connect to somebody at Gamblers Anonymous who might be able to help you," he said. "If you have additional questions about whether you might have a gambling problem, it can ask you a series of other questions."
The app can point you to the closest Gamblers Anonymous meeting. The technology can also track how much time and how much money you may spend gambling.
"You can track down to the millisecond all of your gambling activity. How long you've been playing. You can track all of the money that you've been spending. You can look at your ups and your downs. You can set limits," Bernhard said.
Those with an uncontrollable obsession with gambling may see reality with this app and get help.
"Gamblers are notoriously poor at recalling their own gambling behaviors. If we were to poll people at McCarran Airport about how they did when they were here in Las Vegas, they probably wouldn't have a very strong recall or very precise recall. This forces you to recall and to measure that," Bernhard said.
Apps have promoted healthy behaviors before such as losing weight, quitting smoking, and fighting diabetes.
Health-E Gambling is expected to be released this spring and will be free of charge.
It's a great help for people with Gambling Addicts
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Nearly three percent of bettors develop a gambling addiction. They may place larger bets, chase their losses and struggle to walk away from the casino.
"It appears that gambling is part of an addiction syndrome," said International Gaming Institute Executive Director Bo Bernhard. "It sort of branches off the same addiction tree, and drugs and alcohol and gambling are now being considered in a similar way by psychologists, because it looks like it occupies sort of the same parts of the brain."
Bernhard has helped develop Health-E Gambling - a smart phone application to help gamblers when the fun stops.
"If you have an urge, click ‘Yes'. You click ‘Yes', you might connect to somebody at Gamblers Anonymous who might be able to help you," he said. "If you have additional questions about whether you might have a gambling problem, it can ask you a series of other questions."
The app can point you to the closest Gamblers Anonymous meeting. The technology can also track how much time and how much money you may spend gambling.
"You can track down to the millisecond all of your gambling activity. How long you've been playing. You can track all of the money that you've been spending. You can look at your ups and your downs. You can set limits," Bernhard said.
Those with an uncontrollable obsession with gambling may see reality with this app and get help.
"Gamblers are notoriously poor at recalling their own gambling behaviors. If we were to poll people at McCarran Airport about how they did when they were here in Las Vegas, they probably wouldn't have a very strong recall or very precise recall. This forces you to recall and to measure that," Bernhard said.
Apps have promoted healthy behaviors before such as losing weight, quitting smoking, and fighting diabetes.
Health-E Gambling is expected to be released this spring and will be free of charge.