Offers a collection of resources related to suicidal thinking and gambling.

Details events that have led compulsive gamblers to suicide.

Notes that suicide rates in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City, N.J., are higher than other cities. Read for details.

Read this forum about suicide for people suffering from a gambling addiction.

Shares problem gambling, with its potentially devastating impacts on the finances, personal lives and relationships of the affected gamblers, is related to heightened anxiety, depression, and in extreme cases, to suicide. See the chart.

Reports that a UK man who became addicted to gambling at Internet casinos committed suicide after amassing debts of over £53,000 ($72,820).

Reports an Internet gambler tried to kill himself after losing £158,000 on his parents' credit cards in just 50 minutes in Scotland's worst case of online betting addiction.

Read an abstract of this study published by the NCBI that addresses a possible link between suicide and casino gambling.

Become familiar with this guide prepared by the Canada Safety Council.

Reveals that The Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health and Well-being (2002) found that a significantly higher proportion of problem gamblers than non-problem gamblers had contemplated suicide in the past year (18% versus 3%).

Reports a suicide note left by a Quebec City-area gambling addict may be used in a proposed class-action suit against Loto-Quebec, a lawyer in the case said.

Read an abstract of this study to systematically investigate the nature of suicidal behavior among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers and its relationship to gambling characteristics and depression.

Read this article published by Authorized Online Casinos.

News item reports that the state of Nevada approved a suicide prevention program that allots 170-thousand dollars for two people to start a suicide prevention program.

Notes two provinces have uncovered startling statistics linking gambling to suicides, raising new questions about the social costs of legalized betting in Canada.

Joan Arehart-Treichel reveals problem gamblers may be at high risk for committing suicide, especially if they seek residential treatment. Substance abuse, high impulsivity, and comorbidity are hallmarks of problem-gambler suicide attempters.

Shares that studies of problem gamblers have found that completed suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation are common outcomes related to gambling behavior

Notes a study of addicted gamblers revealed, between 20% and 30% of the respondents made actual suicide attempts. No other addictive population has had as high a prevalence for attempts.

Offers meetings, workshops and services to those who are afflicted with gambling and other behaviour addictions.

Discover this resource, in PDF format, that details coroners across Canada have agreed to record whenever gambling is cited as a factor in suicides.

Notes a study assessed 342 treatment-seeking pathological gamblers for suicidal ideation and/or attempts, found that those who experienced suicidal ideation and or suicidal attempts had more psychiatric symptoms than non-suicidal pathological gamblers.