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Gambling Research News

11 January, 2016	University President visits Gambling Research Lab
23 January, 2015	The psychology of casino games
1 October, 2013	How Modern Slot Machine Sounds Trick Gamblers
6 July 2013	Slot machine sounds can manipulate players, researchers say
4 July 2013	Music to a gambler's ears: Noisy slot machines make winning more exciting (and also make us fritter more)
2 July 2013	Gamblers Like Noisy Slot Machines -- It Reinforces the Rewarding Feeling After a Win
2 July 2013	How Slot Machine Sounds Trick Your Brain
9 May 2013	D’Amato: Lottery corporation pumps up the addiction factor (K-W Record)
30 April, 2013	Continuous play, regular small wins key to slots addiction (on CBC Radio)
March, 2013	CTV Province Wide: Casino Gamble
12 January, 2013	I’m Losing Money. So Why Do I Feel So Good?
9 October, 2012	Gamblers in a Spin Over Frustrating Losses: Study Explores the Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Gambling
23 March, 2012	Goldhawk Fights Back: Dr. Kevin Harrigan, head of the Gambling Research Lab at the University of Waterloo, comments on the most addictive form of gambling in Ontario
15 May, 2011	Odds of winning get longer as new wrinkles added to slot machines, although players may believe otherwise