Search for dissertations about: "Casino gambling"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Casino gambling.

  2. 1. Creating Player Appeal. Management of Technological Innovation and Changing Pattern of Industrial Leadership in the U.S. Gaming Machine Manufacturing industry, 1965-2005

    Author : Mirko Ernkvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Management of technological innovation; Technological change; Digitalization; Disruptive innovation; Technological frames; Competence-destroying innovation; Entrepreneurship; Player Appeal; Gaming machine industry; Gaming machines; Slot machines; Video-Poker; Spinning-reel machines; WAP; Virtual-reel; Class III; Casino gambling; Bally Manufacturing; Bally Distributing; Bally Technologies; IGT; International Game Technology; Universal; WMS Gaming.;

    Abstract : The gaming machine market has been growing rapidly in the U.S. for the last three decades, following a period of deregulation and an increasing share of gaming machines on casino floors. READ MORE

  4. 2. Four applications of stochastic processes : Contagious disease, credit risk, gambling and bond portfolios

    Author : Patrik Andersson; Andreas Nordvall Lagerås; Håkan Andersson; Stewart N. Ethier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Stochastic processes; Mathematical statistics; Matematisk statistik; Mathematical Statistics; matematisk statistik;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers on applications of stochastic processes. In Paper I we study an open population SIS (Susceptible - Infective - Susceptible) stochastic epidemic model from the time of introduction of the disease, through a possible outbreak and to extinction. The analysis uses coupling arguments and diffusion approximations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Brief online interventions for concerned gamblers in a gambling helpline

    Author : Håkan Wall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Problem gambling (PG) is common throughout the world and affects approximately 2% of the adult population in Sweden and most other western countries. Individuals who gamble in a problematic way experience negative consequences in various life domains, such as, economy, physical and mental health, work life and/or in the relations with family and friends. READ MORE

  6. 4. Healthcare when the bets are off : symptoms, trajectories and treatment of individuals with gambling disorder

    Author : Viktor Månsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Gambling Disorder is a debilitating condition associated with several adverse outcomes. Despite available treatment, most of those suffering never seek help and those that do often present a complex clinical picture with a long duration of gambling problems and additional psychiatric disorders. READ MORE