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Ascend Media Gaming Group

Ascend Media Gaming Group, formerly GEM Communications, is a worldwide media leader for the gaming industry, producing trade magazines and newsletters serving the gaming industry, including IGWB, Casino Journal, Slot Manager and Indian Gaming Business. Ascend's trade shows and expos American Gaming Summit, Slot Manager Institute, Bingo World, New York Gaming Summit, Southern Gaming Summit, Gaming Technology Summit, Rocky Mountain Gaming Summit, and the Racing & Gaming Summit.

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Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority

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Australian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association

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Gambling and the Law ®

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Global Gaming Business

Global Gaming Business is the leading monthly gaming trade magazine focusing solely on the casino gaming industry worldwide. It is also an official publication of the American Gaming Association and Global Gaming Expo (G2E). Global Gaming Business publishes the most timely gaming electronic news magazine, Global Gaming Business Weekly, a joint venture with Spectrum Gaming Group and Michael Pollock's Gaming Industry Observer. Global Gaming Business also produces the Casino Design and Racino conferences.

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Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions

Harvard University Medical School’s Division on Addictions coordinates research, education, training, and communication relevant to substance abuse at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its primary affiliated teaching hospitals. With funding from the National Center for Responsible Gaming, the Division on Addictions published the first meta-analysis of the prevalence of disordered gambling in the United States and Canada.

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Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

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Michael Pollock's Gaming Industry Observer

Michael Pollock's Gaming Industry Observer is a newsletter and research service that tracks trends that impact the gaming industry. The Observer has won two national awards for editorial excellence from the Newsletter Publishers Foundation. Editor Michael Pollock has won 18 journalism awards and is former spokesman for the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

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National Council on Problem Gambling

Established in 1972, the NCPG disseminates information about problem gambling and promotes the development of special services for those with a gambling disorder.

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National Gambling Impact Study Commission

The NGISC, a blue ribbon panel created by Congress in 1996 and tasked with investigating the effects of the entire gaming industry on Americans, submitted its final report to the president, Congress, state governors and tribal leaders in 1999. The commission report, testimony and related information can be found by clicking the button below or purchase the report online at the Government Printing Office’s Web site.

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National Indian Gaming Association

NIGA is the national trade association of the Native American gaming industry in the United States.

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National Research Council

The National Research Council (NRC), by request of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, conducted a study titled Pathological Gambling: A Critical Review. This report touches upon such subjects as "diverse and frequently controversial issues surrounding the definition of pathological gambling," and "(i)ts co-occurrence with disorders such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and depression." The report in its entirety is available by clicking the link below; it also can be purchased.

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North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries

NASPL is the national trade association of the lottery industries in the United States and Canada.

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The Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders

Modeled after the National Institutes of Health, the Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders supports both internal core gambling research and competitively funded external research at educational, medical and research institutions worldwide. Through its scientific research, the Institute hopes to advance society's understanding of all types of addictive behaviors.

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The Wager

The Wager (Weekly Addiction Gambling Education Report) is a public education project of the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School. It is funded, in part, by the National Center for Responsible Gaming, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Andrews Foundation, the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Services, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

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Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau

The Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau provides complete visitor, travel, attraction and casino coverage information for Tunica, Miss., and surrounding areas.

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