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Mark your calendars now for the 9th Annual National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) Conference on Gambling and Addiction. The conference, themed “The Changing Landscape of Treatment, Responsible Gaming and Public Policy,” will be held Nov. 16-18 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino and Las Vegas Convention Center.

The conference program will feature the latest scientific research into new drug treatments for disordered gambling, provide a forum to discuss how responsible gaming programs can be tailored for ethnic minorities, as well as examine how the Internet is changing the face of responsible gaming. The conference will also address the upcoming DSM-V and the possibility of a new clinical definition for pathological gambling. Regular updates on the conference program can be found by visiting www.ncrg.org

What: 9th Annual NCRG Conference, themed “The Changing Landscape of Treatment, Responsible Gaming and Public Policy”

Where: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino and Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

When: November 16-18, 2008

Outstanding Poster Award Presentation

Dr. Richard LaBrie of Harvard Medical School's Psychiatry Department presented this year's Outstanding Poster Award to the University of Sydney's Alex Blaszczynski and Sally Monaghan for their study entitled Pop-up Messages on Electronic Gaming Machines: Effect on Gambling-Related Thoughts and Behavior. Blaszczynski is a professor of Clinical Psychology and Monaghan is a DCP/Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney's School of Psychology. Their study found that pop-up messages on electronic gaming machines have more impact on thoughts and behaviors during play than more static messages that occurred after the session had ended.

This year 27 groups submitted posters with empirical research, 17 of which were from countries outside the United States.