Gambling in India: past, present and future

Sanju George; Richard Velleman; Abhijit Nadkarni

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.01.018

Gambling in India: past, present and future

Sanju George, Richard Velleman, Abhijit Nadkarni

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Gambling has been a popular pastime in ancient and colonial India, and continues to be in modern India. Problem gambling is an important public health issue because of its prevalence, increased risk to certain vulnerable groups and its numerous adverse consequences to the gambler, his/her family and the wider society. In this paper, we present an overview of gambling in ancient and modern India, and also suggest a public health approach aimed at reducing gambling-related harm and associated problems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-43
Number of pages	5
Journal	Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	26
Early online date	19 Jan 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.01.018
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

Addiction
Gambling
Harm
India
Legislation
Public health

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