U of C researcher turns to Internet to help problem gamblers

Calgary Herald

Finding a game of poker and playing hours of slots has become as easy as booting up the laptop or tapping away on a smartphone, thanks to a proliferation of online gambling sites. Now, one University of Calgary researcher wants to take the villain in this onslaught — the Internet — and leverage it for quite the opposite use. David Hodgins, the head of the department of psychology, is beginning to test whether online treatment programs can help those with a gambling problem kick the habit.

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