Only in Estonia, a support group of players - the so-called "Estonian society is addicted to gambling" was founded in early 2003 in Tallinn drug Wismari hospital, she meets two times a week, working groups of the type of Alcoholics Anonymous. Chairman of the society Leonhard Pooks admitted that he was addicted for a decade. According to the CMP, on the basis of the study will be to create other support groups in Estonia, and especially in those areas where the greatest number of addicts. "Now we can say that, apart from support groups, planned to create a center of Tallinn aid addicted to gambling" - explains in an interview to Postimees former leader of the gamers. On gambling in Estonia operate 2,500 slot machines and 80 gaming tables. Gaming tables give a tiny portion of the profits, the lion's share dealers from gambling receive from the gaming machines. Director of the Estonian organizers of gambling (ESOAI) Tonis Ruutel believes that this amount is "not too much" in the calculation for a country with a population of 1 million 450 thousand inhabitants. Ruutel represents that casino owners themselves are not interested in distressed clients, so casino employees learned to recognize dependent and, possibly, in time to stop them. He added that some players themselves write the statement, asking not to let them in the casino (Explicit deceit by Mr Ruutel! - A replica of the author list). Vice-Chancellor of the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Riho Rahuoya admitted that so far there was no idea of ??the size of the problem. But now the ministry will decide on state aid addicted gamers (from the date of publication was half a year, state aid per se and was not). "The Prohibition of visiting a casino, of course, an extreme measure, as the freedom of movement is one of the constitutional rights of which you can remove only if the person is not responsible for their actions," he said. The medical director of Tallinn Psychiatric Hospital Imre Rammul said that for professional medical advice seek a few players, but this does not mean that they do not exist or that the disease does not exist. "Gambling addiction is not in vain in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)", - said Dr. Rammul. "I dare say that this disease does not occur by itself, but by seeking, as a rule, only under pressure from loved ones" (from interview to Postimees, October, 2004). Western extensive statistics and produces dismal: In EU countries approximately 60% of the gamble. Recognized as the Mecca of gamers is Monaco. Of the total population of Europe on compulsive gambling about 1,5%. ITALY: The country of 57.2 million residents live, including 13 million (22.72% of all people) the Italians (2003), regularly spending money on cash games, 150,000 are considered pathological gamblers (1,15% all play regularly, and 0.26% of the total population).
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