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Gambling in the Netherlands: Developments, participation, and compulsive gambling

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An inventory was made of the developments in what the gambling market had to offer and the extent of public participation in games of chance in The Netherlands for the period 1945–1988. Both these aspects show a sharp rise in the post-war years, but the more negative effects of gambling are also becoming clearer. Since the beginning of the 1980's, assistance organizations have received increasing requests for help and advice on gambling problems. Roughly half of those seeking help are younger than 25 years, presenting the compulsive use of slot-machines as their main problem.

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  1. Department of Planning, Organization and Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Piet Hermkens Ph.D. & Ineke Kok M.A.

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Acknowledgments: This article is a revision of an article that has been published before in the Dutch journal “Tijdschrift voor Alcohol en Drugs en andere psychotrope stoffen.” Vol. 14, no 5–6. pp 162–173. The article has been reproduced in English by courtesy of the publisher.

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Hermkens, P., Kok, I. Gambling in the Netherlands: Developments, participation, and compulsive gambling. J Gambling Stud 6, 223–240 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014580

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