Ask Calvin Ayre: is online gaming more addicting than land based?

July 22, 2010
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Calvin Ayre answers a question regarding online and land-based gambling addiction in the video below.

You can read more about Howard J. Shaffer and his studies on gambling addiction and related areas.

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  • Marvin Lee

    I definitely agree with Calvin in this video, Land-based gaming is more of a lavish lifestyle wherein the experience is great, but the addiction level is greater. On online gaming, its more of an entertainment & maybe i do play online just for a simple relief of stress i tell you which is based from my experience is appropriate. Thanks for bringing this content out of the box. More educational than entertaining.

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