Our purposes with this essay was to increase our knowledge about, and try to describe, how it happens when people get involved in Gambling and becomes addictive to Gambling, and what the way out of a Gambling addiction could look like. Our framing of the question was: - How does Gambling begin? - How does Gambling evolve to an addiction and how does it go forward from there? - How do you leave a Gambling addiction? Is there an experience of turning points? We did qualitative interviews with six former gamblers. Our main conclusions were that the initiation to Gambling can be very different and still lead to similar effects. There seems to be a strong enticement surrounding the attributes of Gambling, which are connected to developing a Gambling addiction. The experiences of turning points were very palpable.

This is a qualitative study where the purpose was to investigate what professionals experience to be the reason for an individual to become addicted to Gambling and continues to gamble even though it leads to negative consequences. The purpose was also to investigate what the professionals experienced was of importance for an individual to recover from a Gambling addiction. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with knowledgeable individuals in the field. The main findings of the study were that the motivation for individuals with a Gambling problem to continue gamble was that they saw Gambling as the solution to their problems by winning back lost money. It was common that Gambling was an escape from anxiety, guilt, shame, and other Gambling-related problems such as financial liabilities.

This is a qualitative study where the purpose was to investigate what professionals experience to be the reason for an individual to become addicted to Gambling and continues to gamble even though it leads to negative consequences. The purpose was also to investigate what the professionals experienced was of importance for an individual to recover from a Gambling addiction. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with knowledgeable individuals in the field. The main findings of the study were that the motivation for individuals with a Gambling problem to continue gamble was that they saw Gambling as the solution to their problems by winning back lost money. It was common that Gambling was an escape from anxiety, guilt, shame, and other Gambling-related problems such as financial liabilities.

Compulsive Gambling has lately become a more common and serious issue in our society. The number of compulsive gamblers is constantly increasing alongside the growth of the Gambling industry and the consequences of compulsive Gambling include both economical and social disasters. Every addiction has a start, and so does compulsive Gambling, which is why we chose to perform a survey in order to determine the possible causes to why individuals are drawn to Gambling and what leads them into compulsive Gambling, and also during which circumstances do they find the strength and will to come out of their addiction to Gambling. The theories that are used in this paper include globalization, socialization, Bauman´s consumption society and empowerment, alongside the six phases of Gambling by Custer and Milts, describing the way in and the way out of compulsive Gambling. This survey is one of the qualitative kind, which means that the chosen theories are connected to the ten interviews that were done with gamblers of various kinds.

The aim of this study is to gain an increased knowledge and deeper understanding of compulsive Gambling and its consequences in today?s society. Gambling addiction will be described and analysed by a selection of experts, therapists and people with an addictive Gambling background. The basis of the empirical research has been undertaken by a qualitative design with interviews consisting of three fundamental themes. The research group of eight participants included four gamblers, two therapists and two specialists.

Gambling about money is a frequent phenomenon in our modern community?s. The Gambling has for some people resulted in a compulsive Gambling. These consequences affects not only the gambler but also have impact on his or hers relatives. The purpose of this study is to describe how a small selection off relatives to persons with a compulsive Gambling experience the Gambling consequences in there life.

The Gambling industry goes from a national matter towards an international market. Since more and more members of EU does liberalise the Gambling reforms and introduces a license system more participants will get an EU license for online Gambling. With an EU license it is difficult for members of the EU to refuse a company to offer a Gambling supply on the Internet if they don?t have an open license system. This paper tries to acknowledge the problem regarding the monopoly Sweden has today and calculate the effect if Sweden would move to a license system regarding online Gambling by doing a cost benefit analysis.

This thesis aims to examine the phenomenon of Gambling and consequences that may result from having a Gambling problem. The thesis also intends to investigate opportunities for support and a few explanatory- and treatment models. Games are taking on new shapes and access to Gambling for money is on the rise. Studies on Gambling have primarily been focusing on epidemiological factors rather than factors increasing or decreasing the risk of developing Gambling-related problems. The empirical material is based on eight qualitative semi-structured interviews.

For many individuals Gambling gives an opportunity for relaxation and social relations. The positive effects of Gambling are for most individual?s considerable more than the negative effects. Even if Gambling gives positive effects there is individuals that cannot control there Gambling and therefore develop an addiction which disturb there life situation and health. The aim of this study was to describe which personal characteristics distinguish people with a pathological Gambling and which psychological, physical and social consequences this pathological Gambling causes for the individual.

This study represents seven adolescents? perspective on online poker Gambling. The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe adolescents? thoughts and experiences of online poker Gambling, thus gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding of how Gambling affects youths in their living conditions and in their identity development. This was done by studying the symbolism and meaning that Gambling has in these youths every day live and in their identity development.

The share of problem gamblers increased for men between 18-24 years old during the period 1999-2009, while the share were steady or decreased for other classes of population. This study examines the relation between this development of problem Gambling and the Swedish Gambling market. The factors that are studied are the functioning of the market with a focus on the new Internet market for Gambling, the games and the underlying risk factors in those, the marketing and other factors outside the Gambling market. First a large literature review was made to map the development as detailed as possible. After that a qualitative analysis of the content in television commercials was done to see if they were made for the problem group.

We have written this paper about Gambling problems with the purpose to give us and all of our readers a sense of understanding. With the term understanding we mean that we all know what type of activity Gambling is but not a lot of us know how it feels for individuals that due to their addiction play almost every day and sometimes several times a day. By somehow trying to explain what kind of experiences people who engage in Gambling feel, we hope that we somehow can increase our knowledge towards these persons and towards Gambling. We are well informed that the content of our particular subject that we?ve chosen is massive and that more research needs to be done about or subject since there are no simple answers that can explain Gambling behavior so easily.

The company Betsson opened its first physical Gambling shop in Sweden in May 2008, thereby defying the Swedish government?s legal Gambling monopoly. The legal case that has resulted due to the violation of the Swedish Gambling law has attracted immense attention from mass media, thus generating vast amounts of publicity for the company. This paper aims to evaluate and describe the company?s decision to open the store, as well as to examine the relationship between market driving practices and market driven practices.

Title: ?? Then came the realization that I was just like them. That I have a Gambling addiction?? This is a qualitative study of four former gamblers and their experience of getting out of the Gambling addiction. The study is about how individuals have overcome a Gambling addiction.

Technological developments have affected many different areas. Something that has undergone major changes in this respect is Gambling. Because of technology, the accessibility to games has never been greater. Using smartphones, tablets and online casinos makes it possible to play virtually any time of day no matter where you are. This development has caused that more people, got stuck in a Gambling addiction which have become an increasing problem in the last decade.