Pekka Sulkunen, PhD, Professor Emeritus and former Director, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

Thomas F. Babor, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas F. Babor, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, United States of America

Michael Egerer, PhD, Researcher, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

Matilda Hellman, PhD, Adjunct Professor (title of docent), Director, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG); Department of Social Research; University of Helsinki, Finland

Charles Livingstone, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Virve Marionneau, PhD, Researcher, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

Janne Nikkinen, Docent in Social Ethics, Researcher, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

Jim Orford, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Clinical and Community Psychology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Robin Room, PhD, Professor, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Ingeborg Rossow, PhD, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

• 1: Introduction


• 2: History of gambling regulation and the rise of the industry


• 3: The gambling industry: global structures and modern trends


• 4: The range and burden of gambling problems


• 5: Gambling behavior and problem gambling


• 6: The total volume of gambling and the prevalence of gambling problems


• 7: The effects of changing availability


• 8: Industry strategies and their regulation: marketing, game features and venue characteristics


• 9: Pre-commitment and interventions in risk behavior


• 10: Gambling control regimes


• 11: Treatment and early intervention services


• 12: Summary and conclusions: gambling policy and the public interest