Súčasný stav problematiky patologického hráčstva
Present state of pathological gambling issues

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Incessantly increasing trend of gambling is the consequences of the normalization this behaviour in the common population. Contributes to this the mass media and in the nowadays the „virtual company“ it is called, too. Content of article: The article contain the summary of the basic findings from terminological definition gambling point of view. The next we state the general knowledge of pathological gambling with the emphasis on the online pathological gambling. In the next of the article we deal the summary of legislative changes. Findings:. The gambling issue is the multidisciplinary phenomenon, which id dealed a lot of scientific discipline. From social work point of view we can say that it is the social – pathological phenomena that is multifactorial determined and which the prevention and intervention require application interdisciplinary approach in the content of theory and practice. Conclusion: The issue of compulsive gambling is multidisciplinary phenomenon, which is dealt with by many scientific disciplines. From the viewpoint of social work it is deemed as a multifactorially determined social-pathological phenomenon, which requires interdisciplinary approach to its prevention and intervention in the realm of both, theory and practice.

• Details
• Contents