10-Nov-06. Teens betting high stakes. Edmonton Sun, 67.

McGill University researcher Alissa Sklar says teen gambling has become a huge problem over the past five or six years. She pointed to the increased incidence of gambling on television, and cited ESPN’s sports poker as an example. The university’s International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors has set up a new website www.gamtalk4teens.org that offers teens a chance to chat anonymously with trained counsellors about how to help themselves or their friends with gambling problems.