Pathological gambling : gambling as a form of investment?

• Main Authors: Koh, Richard Jun Da., Lim, Jackson., Viknesh Gnanasagran S., Zheng, Hanming.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory::Microeconomics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51921
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The increase in prevalence of pathological gambling has been a worldwide phenomenon. With the development of the Integrated Resort (IR) in Singapore as well as the prolific growth of the internet gambling industry, we have witnessed an uptrend in the pathological gambling rates. Social costs suffere...