Our Mission The mission of the National Center for Responsible Gaming is to help individuals and families affected by gambling disorders through the following activities: • Supporting the finest peer reviewed basic and applied research on disordered gambling behavior and youth gambling. • Encouraging the application of new research findings to improve prevention, intervention and treatment strategies. • Enhancing public awareness of disordered and youth gambling. Table of Contents Message from the Chairman THE SUCCESS OF THE NCRG IN 1999 . .1 State of the Field of Pathological Gambling THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY AND HOW OF AN EMERGING RESEARCH AREA . .2 NCRG Contributors THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE NCRG . .4 Creating a Field of Research NCRG EFFORTS IN STUDYING GAMBLING DISORDERS . .6 NCRG Outreach BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE . .10 Looking to the Future THE NCRG CONFERENCE 2000 . .13 Grant Awards NCRG FUNDS NEW RESEARCH IN 1999 . .14 Publications NCRG INVESTIGATORS IN PRINT . .15 The NCRG Organization INDEPENDENT AND RESPECTED . .16 Board of Directors GAMING ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION . .17 NCRG Advisory Board 1999-2000 MEMBERS . .18 Peer Review Panels DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS SERVE ON 1999 PANELS . .19 1999 Financial Statements BALANCE SHEET . .20 THME SUessageCCESS OF TH EfrNComRG IN 1the999 Chairman In the four years since its Psychological Association and a founding, the National Center for subcommittee of the U.S. Senate. Responsible Gaming (NCRG) has NCRG research also was used by made enormous strides in provid- the National Research Council in a ing help to individuals facing report that the council prepared for gambling disorders through its the National Gambling Impact commitment to the funding of Study Commission. high-quality research and to raising As the NCRG enters its fifth public awareness of the issue. With year, I want to take the opportunity these goals in mind, I believe 1999 to thank all of the center’s donors was the center’s most successful for their generous contributions. year to date. Without you, the important work of In 1999, the NCRG hosted its the NCRG would not be possible. first annual conference at The I also want to add a special note of George Washington University in Maj. Gen. Paul A. Harvey (Ret.) gratitude to all the center’s found- Washington, D.C. “New Chairman ing donors, who renewed their faith Gaming Entertainment Research and Directions in Gambling Addiction Education Foundation in the NCRG last year by commit- Research” was a groundbreaking ting their continued support for the event, featuring 15 of the most noted research scientists years 2000-2002. It is our hope that all segments of the in the area of gambling disorders. Topics discussed gaming industry will recognize the importance of included addiction as a brain disease, youth gambling, studying gambling disorders and contribute to research prevention issues and the latest technology in genetics efforts in the future. and neuroimaging as a way to understand disordered As we begin the new century, the National Center gambling behavior. for Responsible Gaming is dedicated to continuing its The NCRG awarded more than $1.8 million in pivotal role in the creation of a field of research on grants last year to leading institutions around the disordered gambling. We stand ready to build on our United States and Canada, money that will support successes of the past four years and look forward to cutting-edge scientific research into disordered and working together to find answers to this important issue youth gambling. 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