Pro Gram Me - European Association for the Study of Gambling

Programme
9 th European Conference on
Gambling Studies and Policy Issues
“From
Fantasies and Feelings
to
Facts in the
Future”
18 – 21 September 2012
Club
Hotel Casino Loutraki
Loutraki, Greece
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
1

Tuesday – 18 September 20122
13.30 – 17.00
Pre conference workshops
Improving your chances of publishing research
Professor Alex Blaszczynski, Editor‐in‐Chief & Dr. Sally Gainsbury, Associate Editor,
International Gambling Studies
The art of Gambling
Rich Edwards (NMi UK), Peter Naessens (Belgian Gamingg Authority), regulators and
industry
The registration for the workshop starts at 10.00
15.00 – 20.00
Registration
of conference participants
18.00 – 20.00
Welcome cocktail
* Drinks and
snacks
* Informal welcome speech
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
2

Wednesday
y – 19 September 2012
08.00 ‐ 17.00
Registration
of participants
08.30 – 09.00
Welcome speech & official opening
Mark Griffiths, Chairman of the Executive Committee of EASG
09.00 – 10.30
Plenary session ‐ SETTING THE SCENE
Chair: Valerie Peano, Studio di Consulenza Societaria e Tributaria, Italy
And what about Greece?
Speaker
to be announced
Title and
speaker to be announced
Title and
speaker to be announced
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30
Chair:
Plenary session – RESEARCH PANEL
& DISCUSSION
Pieter Remmers, Assissaa Consultancy
Europe, The Netherlands
& other chair te be announced
Participants
o Per Binde, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
o Alex Blaszczynski, University of Sydney, Australiaa (invited)
o Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University, Canada
o Tilman Becker, University of Hohenheim, Germany
o Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent Univeristy, United Kingdomm
o Pauliina Raento, Finnish Foundation for Gaming Research, Finland
o Sally Gainsbury, Southern Cross University, Australia
12.30 – 13.45
Lunch
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
3

13.45 – 15.45
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Youth
Chair: TBA
Youth Gambling – Spaces, Limits and Lifestyles
Johannaa Järvinen‐Tassopoulos, THL – National Institute for f Health and Welfare,
Finland
Youth gambling: Technology and his impact
Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University, Canada
Internett gambling, substance s use and delinquency in adolescence:
intertwined
relationships
Natachaa Brunelle, University of Quebec, Canada
The moderating role
of gender in the relationship between associated factors and
the severity of gambling problems among young gamblers
Annie Gendron, University of Quebec, Canada
Parallel Session 2 – Problem gambling
Chair: TBA
Pathways to problem gambling in adults: A validation study s
Tobias Hayer, University of Bremen, Germany
The relationship between Universal Human
Values and Adolescent t Problem and
Pathological Gambling: The Wayy Forward
Victor Chan, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
Problem
Gambling and the Working Life – a Norwegian study
Kenneth
Dahlgren, AKAN, Norway
Gambling preventive and autoregulatory screen (GPAS): an innovative projective
instrument for the diagnostic, prevention and treatment in risk andd pathological
gamblers
Claude‐Henri Nadeau, Les Consultants CHANAD, Canada
Parallel Session 3 – Research
Chair: TBA
Taking a Punt on Australia: Predicting Problems in International Students
Anna Thomas, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Considering law in Germany – do adolescents gambling? Results from a
representative a Germany survey
Sebastian Giralt, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Online gambling among university students: Characterization and comparison
between
technological and social sciences
Rui Magalhães, ISCTE‐BRU Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
The treatment uncertainty principle and gambling addiction
Peter Harvey, Flinders University, Australia
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
4

Parallel Session 4 – Internet
Chair: TBA
Reality of Online Gambling & Betting
Helmut Kafka, Euromat, Belgium
Internett Gambling: A Jackpot orr A Lemon for the US Federal Government?
Richard McGowan, Boston College, USA
Deliberating self‐harm in onlinee gamblers
Joanne Lloyd, Oxford
University, , United Kingdom
Mergers
and Acquisitions in thee online gaming market – challengess and pitfallss
Ola Wiklund, Germandt & Danielsson Law Firm, Sweden
15.45 – 16.15
16.15 – 18.15
Tea break
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Responsiblee Gaming
Chair: TBA
The Blue
Gum project: An evaluation of responsible gaming features on an
electronic gaming machine
Alex Blaszcynski, University of Sydney, Australia
IVT’s and tools for responsible gaming
Jonny Engebø, the Norwegian Gaming Authority, Norway
Data‐Driven Decision Making – How behavioural analytics technology is leveraging
player data to provide
Sime Dragicevic, Bett Buddy, United Kingdom
Staff perspective on
factors related to gambling behaviour and responsible
gambling strategies
Jelena Jelušić, Croatian Lottery, Croatia
Parallel Session 2 – Behaviours
Chair: TBA
“Money
flows since the Germann “Glücksspiel‐Staatsvertrag” – beneficial for PG
prevention and treatment?
Sarah Kegat, Verhaltenstherapiee Falkenried “Spieler Projekt”, Germany
Cognitive Behaviourr Therapy for problem gamblers: A test t of a unified approach to
treatment
Barry Tolchard, University of Neww England, Australia
Gambling and the Everyday Practice of Risk
Emma Casey, Kingston University, United Kingdom
Title and
speaker to be announced
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
5

Parallel Session 3 – Prevention / research
Chair: TBA
Gambling prevention programme among children – a pilot study
Izabela Ramona Todirita, Romanian Association for the Study S of Gambling, Romania
Girls just wanna have fun… at home! Gender, gamblingg settings andd gambling
behaviours among undergradua
ate poker players
Catherine Paradis, Quebec’s Working Group on Online Gambling, G Canada
Well‐being at stake?
Problem gambling as a welfare issue
Maria Heiskanen, University of Helsinki, Finland
A digital revolution: : Comparisonn of demographic profiles, attitudess and gambling
behaviour of Internet and non‐Internet gamblers
Sally Gainsbury, Southern Cross University, Australia
Parallel Session 4 – Specials
Chair: TBA
A field on the casino
floor: The environmental effects of o restorativee video images
on emotion and behaviour
Karen Finlay – Gough, Universityy of Guelph, Canada
A Task‐Based Response to the E‐commerce
Revolution: The Curiouss Case of Betting
Taxation
in the UK
Leighton
Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Business School, United Kingdom
How to assess the harmfulness
of various forms of gambling: A methodological
discussion form a regulatory perspective
Per Binde, University
of Gothenburg, Sweden
Title and
speaker to be announced
18.45 ‐ …
Greek evening programme
More information will follow
Dress code: smart casual
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
6

Thursday – 20 September 20122
08.00 – 17.00
09.00 – 11.00
Registration
of participants
Plenary session – Regulators and Industry
Chair: TBA
Participants
o Mette Slotved Thomson, Danish Gambling Authority, Denmark
o Roger Parkes, Betfair, United Kingdom
o Others to be
announcedd
11.00 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.30
Coffee break
Parallel sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Industry panel & discussion
Chair: TBA
Participants
o Ron Goudsmit, Europeann Casino Association, Belgium
o Friedrich Stickler, European Lotteries, Switzerland
o Annette Kok, Euromat, Belgium
o Clive Hawkswood, Remote Gambling
Association, UK (invited)
Parallel Session 2 – Lottery
Chair: TBA
The United Kingdom’s National Lottery: 20 years experience of a ‘new’ gambling
product
Stephen
Creigh‐Tyte, Durham Business School, United Kingdom
Charity lotteries in Europe
Laura Santacrue, Association of Charity Lotteries in the EU, E the Netherlands
Is Lottery Demand Driven by Price or Long Odds Event? Evidence from China
Lottery Industry
Jia Yuan, University of Macau, China
Parallel Session 3 – Research
Chair: TBA
Gambling careers: a longitudinal, qualitative study of gambling behaviour
Gerda Reith, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
The role
of experience, cognition, personality and gender in explaining
psychosocial consequences of adolescent gambling
Neven Ricijas, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Classification Accuracy of the Proposed DSM‐V Diagnostic Criteria for Pathological
Gambling and Comparison withh DSM‐IV
Randy Stinchfield, University of Minnesota, USA
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
7

Parallel Session 4 – Public Health
Chair: TBA
What can we learn from f recent Latin American changess on Gambling Public
Policies
César Sánchez Bello, , Asociacion de America Latina (APAL), Venezuelaa
Title and
speaker to be announced
Trend in
online gambling in Sweden
Jessika Svensson, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden
12.30 – 13.45
13.45 – 15.45
Lunch
Parallel sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Focus on thee East
Chair: TBA
Informal Learning and Customer Relationship Skills in Casinos C in Macao
Carlos Siu Lam, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
Are day traders in Hong Kong problem Gamblers? A qualitative study on
speculative trading in Hong Kong
Chi Chuen Chan, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
Prostitution, Gambling and Drugs: An investigation intoo co‐addictions and
pathways development among gambling Hong Kong women sex workers
Yan Chan, Upper IOWA University, Hong Kong
Erroneous Perceptions of Chinese Baccarat Players: Evidence from Guide Bookss
Samuel Huang, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
Parallel Session 2 – Treatment
Chair: TBA
Self help
manual online – the past seven years, the present and thee future!
Thomas Nilsson, Spelinstitutet, Sweden
An international overview of criminal behaviour in pathological gamblers with
specific reference to
research and clinical data for the National N Problem Gambling
Clinic, UK
Henrietta Bowden‐Jones, National Problem Gambling Clinic, United Kingdom
Self‐control as a moderator leisure physical
activities and gamblingg behaviourss
Belle Gavriel – Fried, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ontario’ ’s Approach to the Development of Internet & Mobile M Basedd Clinical
Interventions for People Affected by Problem Gamblingg
Robert Murray, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
8

Parallel Session 3 – Research
Chair: TBA
GamTest – a web self test for risky gamblingg behaviour. A pilot study on seven
Nordic Gambling sites in 2009
Jakob Jonsson, Spelinstitutet, Sweden
Pathological gambling in Parkinson Disease
Dominic
Nadeau, Laval University, Canada
Embodied gambling‐related cognitive biases: rolling thee dice to winn prices
Matthew
Lim, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Can Virtual Gambling Exposure Modify the Urge to Gamble
Isabella Giroux, University of Laval, Canada
Parallel Session 4 – Responsiblee Gaming
Chair: TBA
Pre‐commitment in Australia: Truth, Lies and Policy Debates
Michael O’Neil and Paul Delfabbro, University of Adelaide, Australia
Understanding Self‐exclusion: people, processes and procedures
Heather
Wardle, National Centree for Social Research, United Kingdomm
How to approach customers that have lost a lot of money?
Inger Holmström, PAF, Finland
Title and
speaker to be announced
15.45 – 16.15
16.15 – 18.15
Tea break
Parallel sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Specialities
Chair: TBA
Title and
speaker to be announced
How jurisprudence
influences the policy of Holland Casino
Janny Wierda, Holland Casino, the Netherlands
Members of criminal organisations – Are they pathological gamblers?
K.S.C. Yick and P.V. Kiattani,
Title and
speaker to be announced
Parallel Session 2 – Regulations
Chair: TBA
Polish act on gambling of 19 November 2009 from perspective of EUU waw
Maria Lewandowicz,
, University of Gdansk, Poland
Evaluation of the 5 thh
Amendment of the German Gambling Ordinance
Gerhard
Bühringer, Institut für Therapieforschung, Germany
Implementing a Social Responsibility Agenda in the Regulation of Gambling in
Great Britain
David Miers, Emeritus Professorr of Law, United Kingdomm
Title and
speaker to be announced
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
9

Parallel Session 3 – Social Gaming
Chair: Connie Jones, IGT, USA
An Examination of ‘ For Fun’ Gambling Games
o Monika Racek, Novomatic, Austria
o Malcolm Bruce, Betfair, United Kingdom
o Keith Whyte,
Parallel Session 4 – Italy
Chair: TBA
Concession system and Market: : the Italian unique scenario and its Regulation
Francesco Tolotti, Fondazione Unigioco, Italy
The Lottomatica plan of actionss to protect minors
Teresa Zompetti, Lottomatica Group, Italy
Updating gambling prevalence estimates from Italy: resultas from land‐based and
online gamblers
Claudio Barbaranelli, University of Sapienza, Italy
Italian remote gambling between entertainment and risk of ludopaty
Giovanni Carboni, Carboni & Partners, Italy
17.30 – 18.30
19.00
General meeting of the members of
the European Association for the
Study of Gambling (members only)
A Greek evening of style…
More information will follow
Dress code: summer formal
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
10

Friday – 21 September 2012
09.00 – 10.30
Parallel sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Poker
Chair: TBA
Online Poker in North America: Empirical Evidence on its Complementary Effect on
the Offline Gambling Market
Ingo Fiedler, University of Hamburg, Germany
The evolution of poker players’ gambling habits: a three‐year cohort study
Magali Dufour, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Online poker players’ motivations to play, emotions and thoughts about the game
Priscilla Brochu, University of Laval, Canada
Parallel Session 2 – Treatmentt
Chair: TBA
Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy in Pathological Gambling
Viorel Lupu, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, P Romania
Applicability and benefit of gambler typologies in treatment of pathological
gamblers
Tukka Tammi, A‐Clinic Foundation, Finland
Preventing Problem
Gambling Relapse through Social Inclusion: Thee (Re)Making
Meaning
Project
Gabrielaa Byrne, Chrysalis Insightt Inc., Australia
Parallel Session 3 – Research
Chair: TBA
What risks do simulated gambling activities
pose to young people? ? A stratified,
randomised survey of Australiann high school students
Daniel King, University of Adelaide, Australiaa
Personality disorders, delusion‐proneness University of Adelaide, , Australia
and cognitions in pathological gambling
Mohammed Reza Abdollahnejad,
Finnish survey: Attitudes on gambling
Anssi Airas, RAY, Finland
Parallel Session 4 – Prevention and health promotion
Chair: TBA
The HOST Program for f Addressing Duty of Care when Providing Gambling
Philip Townshend, Problem Gambling Foundation of Neww Zealand, New Zealand
Methodological grounds to develop integral public health programmes about
pathological gambling
Julio Angel Brizuela, Argentineann Psychiatrists Association (APAL), Argentina
What does the customer think is the way for a companyy to minimize the risk off
gambling?
Maria Schietse, Svenska Spel, Sweden
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
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11.00 – 12.30
Parallel sessions
Parallel Session 1 – Responsiblee gaming and
lifestyle
Chair: TBA
The effects of behavioural feedback presented in motivational self‐efficacy
in New
framework
Michael Auer, a2mlab, Austria
Multi Venue Exclusion from Gambling Venues: The Implementationn
Zealand
and Plans for the Future
Mathew
McMillan, Te Kahui Hauora o Ngati Koata Trust, , New Zealand
Marginality, morality, manhoodd and money: anthropological observations of
online poker as a cultural formation
Jukka Jouhki, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Parallel Session 2 – Research
Chair: TBA
Prospective studies: a step towards shaping
the future of problem gambling
research
Rosa Billi, Department of Justicee Australia and Max Abbot, AUT University, Australia
Practice
makes poorer: investigating the role of free‐play modes in simulated
internett gambling
Jana Bednarz, University of Adelaide, Australia
Gambling among the elderly: review of the literature
Laurence Aufrère, Jue Responsible, Switzerland
Parallel Session 3 – Land based
Chair: TBA
Mapping Social and Economic Indicators: Understanding accessibility and access to
Electronic Gambling
Machines
Michael O’Neil and Linda L Hancock, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies,
Australiaa
Differences in gamblers ‘characteristics according to their most frequented
gambling site
Serge Sévigny, University of Laval, Canada
Prevention of ‘Gambling Addiction’ – Who benefited from it?
Sarah Kegat, Verhaltenstherapiee Falkenried “Spieler Projekt”, Germany
Parallel Session 4 – Left in diversity
Chair: TBA
What is an optimal task t system for a country economy
Boris Nemec, ASTRA, Slovenia
Crime prevention ass an argument in the EU‐discussion on o mutual recognition
Antonius Spapens, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
A Comparative Analyses of Factors Behind Macau’s Emergence as the World’s
Leading Venue for Gambling and Potential Problems for its future
William Thompson, University off Nevada, USA
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
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12.30 – 13.00
Plenary session – Wrap up
All participants are invited to take part in this final discussion.
13.00 – 14.00
Farewell lunch
Preliminary programme
– 120712
The conference language
is English
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