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Problem Gambling – Does Gender Impact Impulse Control?
June 2, 2021
The definition of problem gambling is the urge to continuously engage in wagering on sports or games of chance, despite a desire to stop and avoid this activity’s negative consequences. Severe cases of such a compulsion get diagnosed as clinical pathological gamblers and require immediate treatment. It is a disorder that brings with it a hefty social, emotional, and financial price tag. It also exhibits many similarities to substance addiction problems.
What follows is a breakdown of how gender plays into the development of this compulsion and if males and females have equal access to treatment options. In the UK, problem gambling has entered the public discourse, as recent research suggests close to five million British people have experienced harm linked to gambling at land-based venues, UK-regulated sites, and betting sites not on GamStop.
managed or advised by Siris Capital Group, LLC)
to be effected by means of a Scheme of Arrangement
under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006
Summary ·The boards of Equiniti Group plc ( EQ or the Company ) and Earth Private Holdings Ltd ( Bidco ) are pleased to announce that they have agreed the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of EQ by Bidco, a newly-incorporated company indirectly owned by funds managed or advised by Siris Capital Group, LLC ( Siris ) pursuant to which Bidco will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of EQ (the Acquisition ). ·Under the terms of the Acquisition, EQ Shareholders will be entitled to receive:
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