The $263,000 tender was won by the University of Sydney's Gambling Treatment Clinic, which after some delays delivered its report to the government in December 2015. Counselling Psychologists Sydney / Addiction / Gambling / Treatment Gambling and betting addictions can destroy lives, relationships, careers and homes. With the help of professional psychologists and counsellors in Sydney you can break the destructive cycle of gambling addiction. If you are unable to afford paid treatment, you could also contact the University of Sydney Gambling clinic who offer free treatment. Alex Blaszczynski, PhD, is a Professorial Research Fellow and Co-Director of the University of Sydney Gambling and Research Clinic. He is an academic and clinical psychologist with a long history of involvement in treatment and clinical studies on gambling disorders, the psychology of gambling, and principles and policies related to responsible. At the Sydney University Gambling Treatment Clinic, they had almost doubled. Related: Future Tense on the future of gambling. Easy access to mobile betting on phones is part of the problem.
UNLV and University of Sydney Announce Gaming Research MOU
Bo Bernhard, executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), recently joined Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on his trade mission to Australia to sign a memorandum of understanding with the University of Sydney. This historic, multidisciplinary MOU formalizes a new research collaboration between IGI and the University of Sydney’s Gambling Treatment Clinic & Research Unit centered around the issue of sports-wagering integrity.
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“We are about to ‘invent the field’ of scientific study of these phenomena, alongside our colleagues in Australia,” Bernhard said. “As a leader in gaming scholarship and gaming regulation, the IGI and our new International Center for Gaming Regulation (ICGR) are well-equipped to collaborate with a world-class scholar in the University of Sydney's Alex Blaszczynski on issues that matter deeply to both of our communities.”
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Under the MOU, the IGI, the IGI’s new ICGR, and University of Sydney’s Gambling Treatment Clinic & Research Unit will collaborate on a series of studies and literature reviews related to the evaluation of sports integrity and regulation in professional and amateur sports. The institutions will review current international regulatory approaches, with the aim of proposing guidelines designed to minimize the potential for gambling-related sports-match fixing. They will also research the psychological and personality factors that might increase the potential for elite sports athletes, officials, team employees, and referees to engage in behaviors that compromise the integrity of sports.
Read more about this new partnership at the Nevada Governor’s Office website.