Hartford Courant: People who live within 10 miles of a casino face twice the risk of problem gambling, says RIA expert

By Arthur Page

Release Date: October 19, 2004 This content is archived.

An article in the Hartford Courant on the boom in gambling in Connecticut quotes John Welte, principal investigator in the Research Institute on Addictions, who said people who live within 10 miles of a casino have twice the risk of becoming a problem gambler. Welte was speaking at the International Symposium on Problem Gambling and Co-Occuring Disorders. Go to article.