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important exception. This concerned the Morley region, where the change <strong>in</strong> the problem<br />

<strong>gambl<strong>in</strong>g</strong> prevalence rate <strong>of</strong> 1.0% <strong>in</strong> 2008 to 2.8% <strong>in</strong> 2009 was statistically significant (Chi<br />

Square (1df) = 3.9, p = .048). The change <strong>in</strong> cas<strong>in</strong>o expenditure was close to significance (p =<br />

.07, 1 tail). It is <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g to note that the Morley region received the most recent cas<strong>in</strong>o <strong>of</strong> all<br />

these regions (<strong>in</strong> June 2008). Thus, it is possible that cas<strong>in</strong>o impacts on problem <strong>gambl<strong>in</strong>g</strong> do<br />

occur, but the impacts occur with<strong>in</strong> a very short time span (e.g., with<strong>in</strong> the first year). Further<br />

evidence that there may have been a small but significant <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> problem <strong>gambl<strong>in</strong>g</strong> with<strong>in</strong><br />

the Morley region is found <strong>in</strong> the First Nations section <strong>of</strong> this report (the Morley region cas<strong>in</strong>o is<br />

a First Nations cas<strong>in</strong>o, as were the cas<strong>in</strong>os <strong>in</strong> the Whitecourt and Cold Lake regions).<br />

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