Setting Limits

Pekka Sulkunen, PhD, Professor Emeritus and former Director, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance (CEACG), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, FinlandThomas F. Babor, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, United States of AmericaThomas F. Babor, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, United States of AmericaMichael 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 KingdomRobin Room, PhD, Professor, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, AustraliaIngeborg 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