An overview of gambling in Nigeria

Gambling, legal and illegal, is popular in Nigeria. Lack of stringent regulation and enforcement, coupled with the rise in online gambling opportunities, has resulted in increased gambling-related harm. There needs to be a multipronged public health strategy to address the harms of gambling and for...

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Autores principales: Aguocha, Chinyere Mirian, George, Sanju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.28
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spelling pubmed-82744062021-07-19 An overview of gambling in Nigeria Aguocha, Chinyere Mirian George, Sanju BJPsych Int Special Paper Gambling, legal and illegal, is popular in Nigeria. Lack of stringent regulation and enforcement, coupled with the rise in online gambling opportunities, has resulted in increased gambling-related harm. There needs to be a multipronged public health strategy to address the harms of gambling and for this the government, gambling industry, policy makers and academic experts need to engage in a meaningful debate. Cambridge University Press 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8274406/ /pubmed/34287417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.28 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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