Download or read book Overcoming Problem Gambling written by Philip Mawer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAMBLING ADDICTION. There are an estimated 370,000 compulsive and problem gamblers in the UK, and some 6.6 million in the US. This book analyses how and why people - from those with high incomes to the ordinary housewife or struggling student - gamble compulsively, and looks at how to stop.