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Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Psychology, (6), 2015

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00655

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Unexpected online gambling disorder in late-life: A case report

Journal article published in 2015 by Anne Sauvaget, Susana Jiménez-Murcia ORCID, Fernando Fernández-Aranda ORCID, Fagundo Ab, Ana B. Fagundo, I. Woltz, Laura Moragas ORCID, Ines Wolz, M. Veiciana, Misericordia Veciana De Las Heras, Amparo del Pino Gutiérrez, Roser Granero, Marta Baños, Marta Baño, Marta Baño and other authors.
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Abstract

Background: The lifetime prevalence of problem or Gambling disorder (GD) in the elderly (i.e., those over 60 years old) is reported to range from 0.01 to 10.9%. Research has identified several specific risk factors and vulnerabilities in the elderly. Since the late 1990s, an increase in online GD has been observed in the youth population, whereas casinos, slot machines, and bingo seem to be the activities of choice among the elderly. Interestingly, online GD has not been described in the elderly to date.