March 07, 2007

3-Mar-07. Gambling's dirty little secret? Lethbridge Herald, A2.

Univeristy of Lethbridge professor Robert Williams notes that Las Vegas, Nevada is the suicide capital of the Western world for both residents and non-residents. He estimates that approximately two per cent of suicides in Alberta are attributable to problem gambling. The Chief Medical Examiner for Alberta has been tracking the links between suicide and gambling for about seven years and the findings account for case where gambling was specifically mentioned in a suicide note.