Gaming Commission

PUBLIC FORUM: ADDRESSING PROBLEM GAMBLING IN THE ERA OF EXPANDED GAMING

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Witnesses:

Sarah E. Nelson, Ph.D
Associate Director of Research, Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School

• Testimony
• Presentation
• Applicant Provided Material
• A Science-Based Framework for Responsible Gambling: The Reno Model
• Supplemental Material
• Florida Gambling Impact Study, Spectrum Gaming Group, October 2013
• Kleschinsky et al, Missouri Voluntary Exclusion Program (2008)
• LaPlante et al, Understanding the Influence of Gambling Opportunities, American Journal of Othropsychiatry, 77(4) (2007)
• Nelson et al, Monitoring Exposure to New Gambling Opportunities, NCRG (2013)
• Nelson et al, One Decade of Self Exclusion, Journal of Gambling Studies, 26(1), 129-144 (2010)
• Shaffer and Martin, Disordered Gambling Etiology, Trajectory and Clinical Considerations, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2011

James Maney
Executive Director, New York Council on Problem Gambling

• Testimony
• Applicant Provided Material
• New York Council on Problem Gambling, Best Practices Manual (2014)
• Supplemental Material
• Maney et al, Problem Gambling in New York, NYSBA Government, Law and Policy Journal, Fall 2004

Jon Kelly, Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer, The Responsible Gambling Council, Toronto, Ontario

• Presentation
• Applicant Provided Material
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, Press Release, Responsible Gambling Index (2009)
• Brochure, Other RGC Programs
• Supplemental Material
• Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre, Prevention of Problem Gambling - Review of Best Practices (2012)
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, From Enforcement to Assistance, Evolving Best Practices in Self-Exclusion (2008)
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, Index and Accreditation Standards and Criteria (2009)
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, Informed Decision Making (2010)
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, Responsible Gambling for Lotteries (2014)
• Responsible Gambling Ontario, What's the Problem with Problem Gambling (2013)

Keith Whyte
Executive Director, National Council on Problem Gambling

• Testimony
• Applicant Provided Material
• National Council on Problem Gambling, National Survey of Problem Gambling Services FINAL (2013)

Carlos Blanco M.D. Ph.D
Columbia Gambling Disorders Clinic

• Testimony
• Supplemental Material
• Blanco et al, A pilot study of impulsivity and compulsivity in pathological gambling, Psychiatry Res. 167(1-2) 161-168 (2009)
• Blanco PowerPoint Presentation at the Alberta Gaming Research Institute Conference (2013)
• Nower et al, Subtypes of Disordered Gamblers, Addiction 108(4) 789-798 (2013)
• Okuda et al, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pathological Gambling, Am J. Pyschiatry 166(12) 1325-1330 (2009)
• Petry et al, An empirical evaluation of proposed changes for gambling diagnosis in the DSM-5, Addiction 108(3) 575-581
• Petry et al, The Inventory of Gambling Situations in problem and pathological gamblers seeking treatment, Exp Clin Psychpharmacol 18(6) 530-538 (2010)
• Suck et al, The Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale, Psychiatry Res, 166(1) 76-84 (2009)

Edelgard Wulfert, Ph.D
Professor of Psychology, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Albany

• Testimony
• Supplemental Material
• Paris et al, Sex differences in salivary cortisol in response to acute stressors, Hormonal Behavior 57(1) 35-45 (2010)
• Sodano et al, Cue Reactivity in Active Pathological, Abstinent Pathological, and Regular Gamblers, Journal of Gambling Studies 26 53-65 (2010)
• Wulfert et al, Cue-Specific Reactivity in Experienced Gamblers, Pyschol Addict Behavior, 23(4) 731-735 (2009)
• Wulfert, PowerPoint Presentation at Alberta Gaming Research Institute Conference (2007)

Stephen and Gloria Block
Board Members, New York Council on Problem Gambling

• Gloria Block Testimony
• Stephen Block Testimony

John J. Coppola
Executive Director, Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of New York State, Inc.

• Testimony

Harvey Rosenthal
Executive Director, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

• Testimony

Christine Reilly
Senior Research Director, National Center on Responsible Gaming

• Testimony
• Presentation
• Applicant Provided Material
• NCRG, Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen Magnet
• NCRG, Gambling and Health in the Justice System
• NCRG, Increaing the Odds, Volume 5, Evaluating Self-Exclusion (2011)
• NCRG, Play It Safe Brochure
• NCRG, Talking with Children Brochure
• Supplemental Material
• National Council on Responsible Gambling, A Guide to Gambling Disorders and Responsible Gaming (2011)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 1, Youth and College Gambling (2009)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 2, Roads to Recovery from Gambling Addiction (2009)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 3, Gambling and the Public Health, Part 1 (2009)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 4, Gambling and the Public Health, Part 2 (2009)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 5, Evaluating Self-Exclusion (2011)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 6, Gambling and the Brain (2011)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 7, What Clinicians Need to Know (2012)
• National Council on Responsible Gaming, Increasing the Odds, Volume 8, Innovative Studies from NCRG Centers in Gambling Research (2013)
• Reilly and Smith, Evolving Definition of Pathological Gambling in DSM-V (2013)
• Gambling Screens
• Gambling Treatment Outcome Monitoring System Screen
• Lie Bet Screen
• Massachusetts Gambling Screen
• NODS CLiP Screen
• NODS Full Screen and Assessment
• NODS PERC Screen
• South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)

Kevin P. Mullally
Vice President, Government Relations and General Counsel, Gaming Laboratories International, LLC

Jenness Clairmont, LCSW-R, LMFT
Staff Psychotherapist, Clinical Director, Samaritan Counseling Center
and
Karin Carreau
Director of Policy, National Association of Social Workers – NYS Chapter

• Carreau & Clairmont Testimony

Jennifer Shatley Vice-President, Responsible Gaming Policies & Compliance, Caesars Entertainment

• Presentation

Steven H. Cymbrowitz New York State Assembly

• Testimony

Other Materials

• American Gaming Association, Responsible Gaming Statutes and Regulations (2008)
• American Gaming Association, White Paper on Promoting Responsible Gambling (2005)
• Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Response to Spectrum Report
• Gemini Research, New York Gambling Replication (1996)
• OASAS, Gambling in New York State (2006)
• Stephen Shafer Central Statistics Of Casino Revenues
• Stephen Shafer Letter April 4, 2014
• Stephen Shafer Letter March 17, 2014