NCPG 24th National Conference on Problem Gambling (2010)
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Program Code:
14B
Date:
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Time:
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
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SPEAKER
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Dr. Rachel Volberg has been involved in research on gambling and problem gambling since 1985 and is widely regarded as the most experienced problem gambling epidemiologist in the world. She has directed or consulted on numerous studies throughout the world, including national prevalence surveys in the United States, Great Britain, New Zealand and Sweden. Dr. Volberg is presently working on several projects to improve methods for measuring problem and pathological gambling in clinical and community studies.
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Lori Rugle, Ph.D. has worked in the field of problem gambling treatment and research since 1984. Her career has included the treatment of problem gamblers and their families in a range of clinical settings including both public and private inpatient, residential and outpatient programs. Dr. Rugle has been involved in research projects including studies of treatment outcome, attention deficits among pathological gamblers, neuroimaging and pharmacotherapy with problem gamblers, coping skills among homeless problem gamblers and PTSD among pathological gamblers. Currently, Dr. Rugle is Director of Problem Gambling Services (PGS) with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Don Feeney has been research and planning director at the Minnesota State Lottery since 1991. He is responsible for the lottery’s corporate social responsibility programs, strategic planning, market analysis, and legislative relations. Don is currently serving his third term on the board of the National Council on Problem Gambling, where he also chairs the Council’s Communications Committee. He also serves on the board of the Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance and the Minnesota Problem Gambling Advisory Committee. He holds a master’s degree in public Policy from Harvard, a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Minnesota, and a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics from Brown University.
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"Bill Eadington, MA, PhD, is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, and since 2004, has held the Philip G. Satre Chair in Gaming Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is an internationally recognized authority on the legalization and regulation of commercial gambling, and has written extensively on issues relating to the economic and social impacts of commercial gaming.
Among his many other prestigious recognitions, in 1989, Eadington was recognized by the National Council on Problem Gambling as the recipient of their Outstanding Research/Education Award.
Dr. Eadington also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Council on Problem Gambling. He also serves on the Boards of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, the National Center for Responsible Gambling, South Africa’s National Responsible Gambling Programme, and Salford University’s Centre for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming. He is Chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Board on Problem Gambling for the State of Nevada.
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Description
The 2006 conference featured a session where audience members had the chance to participate in a moderated informal discussion with four pioneers in the problem gambling field (Durand Jacobs, Henry Lesieur, Rena Nora and Richard Rosenthal). The session was extremely well-attended and well-received, and was particularly valuable for those who don’t regularly attend national conferences. I propose to replicate this session with three or four past winners of either the Goldman or Custer awards. While I am certainly available to moderate such a session, I am also willing to cede that privilege to someone more qualified.