Relatively little is known about Canadian casino employees. The present study is a broad-based investigation intended to shed some light on this population. There were several specific areas of investigation. These included job satisfaction, substance use and abuse, gambling behaviour, gambling attitudes and beliefs, and problem gambling status. Because of this high-risk group’s excessive exposure to gambling, casino employees’ gambling behaviour may be indicative of the general adult population’s future gambling behaviour. Although there is some prior evidence of higher rates of problem gambling in this population, the causal direction of this relationship is not well established. That is, does working in a casino place employees at a higher risk for problem gambling, or does the industry actually attract problem gamblers? The present study investigated the characteristics of 123 Canadian casino employees from two Alberta casinos. The study aimed to establish the actual impact of casino employment on substance use and gambling behaviour by means of a follow-up questionnaire that was distributed six months after the baseline questionnaire was collected. The results of the follow-up questionnaire tentatively suggest that problem gamblers are attracted to the casino industry, rather than the casino industry placing its employees at a higher risk for problem gambling. The study also found that Northern Albertan casino employees have higher rates of smoking, alcohol use, illicit drug use, medication use, gambling, and problem gambling than the general Albertan workforce. / viii, 140 leaves ; 29 cm. --

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007. / "May, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-89). Online version available on the World Wide Web.

La gestión del conocimiento ya no es una manera (entre varias) de alcanzar la sostenibilidad y el éxito en las organizaciones. En la actualidad es prácticamente la única forma de lograrlo. Ya no son las áreas de marketing, comercialización o innovación, etc., las que tienen que servir a los propósitos de la Alta Gerencia, sino toda la organización tiene que estar enfocada en generar un entorno favorable para desarrollar y captar nuevos conocimientos que permitan potenciar el capital intelectual existente. Es imperativo que, en las organizaciones de hoy, dentro de su propósito organizacional y de su cultura, se encuentre el pensamiento innovador y de nuevos conocimientos, conjuntamente con la aplicación de tecnologías avanzadas que les permitan producir mayor riqueza con un mayor valor añadido. En el Perú son pocas las organizaciones que cuentan con una verdadera gestión del conocimiento y generalmente son las grandes empresas (trasnacionales) las que las mantienen actualizadas. Hay otras que lo implementan por estar “a la moda” sin haberlo verdaderamente interiorizado en sus organizaciones, quedando prácticamente en el papel. Debemos de buscar la forma a través de la cual las empresas en nuestro país comprendan la importancia de aplicar estos nuevos pensamientos y formas de actuar, para no quedar rezagados en este mundo competitivo y cambiante. Consideramos que una de las formas de cambiar pensamiento y tendencias es investigar y difundir experiencias de éxito de aquellas empresas peruanas que logran su transformación, su desarrollo en base a esta manera de gestionar. Por lo expuesto en los párrafos anteriores, elegimos para este trabajo de investigación a una empresa peruana y de capitales nacionales, con cerca de 10 años de existencia, de tamaño mediana, con aproximadamente mil quinientos trabajadores, del sector servicios y específicamente de un sector joven en el país como es el sector Casinos y Tragamonedas. El sector servicio es un sector muy dinámico y cambiante, tiene que estar reinventándose para satisfacer las exigencias de los clientes actuales, entre ellos jóvenes millennials con nuevas formas de pensar. Consideramos que la implementación en forma gradual de un modelo de Gestión del Conocimiento en una empresa de esta envergadura y el logro del cambio y la interiorización del pensamiento orientado a la creación de nuevas ideas y uso del conocimiento y nuevos conocimientos, debidamente monitoreado y medido, servirá como parte de la búsqueda del cambio en la percepción las cosas en nuestra empresa en general. Es importante añadir que los modelos de gestión de conocimientos deben adecuarse a la forma de ser de cada organización y que tiene mucho que ver con el liderazgo, estructuras y formas de ver las cosas en las organizaciones, por lo que un modelo de gestión de conocimiento no necesariamente funcionaría en otra empresa, así sea ésta del mismo sector y tamaño.

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For the purposes of this study the term "gambling" refers only to casino style gambling and does not necessarily include horse racing and the national lottery. The study is partly based on the theoretical model for policy analysis as described by Dunn in his book "Public Policy Analysis" (1994). The thesis is divided into two sections. The first section deals mainly with the stage of monitoring and is a retrospective analysis of the development of the gambling industry in seventeenth and eighteenth century Venice and more recently in the United States, Australia, Namibia and South Afiica prior to 1994. The last section deals mainly with the stage of policy evaluation and questions the possible discrepancies between the expected and actual gambling policy performance in the Western Cape after 1994 when large scale gambling was legalised throughout the country. It uses the recommendations of the Main Report on Gambling in the Republic of South Afiica (Wiehahn Report) as a basis for the evaluation of the Western Cape gambling policy from both a social and economic perspective. More specifically the study attempts to shed light on the issues of the problems related to the scientific research of gambling, the economic profile of gamblers, the location of casinos, the displacement of capital and the correlation between crime and gambling. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vir die doeleindes van hierdie studie word die term "gambling" slegs gebruik met verwysing na dobbel in casinos en sluit nie noodwendig perdewedrenne en die nasionale lotery in nie. Die studie word gedeeltelik gebaseer op die teoretiese model vir beleids-analise soos weergegee deur Dunn in sy boek "Public Policy Analysis" (1994). Die studie word verdeel in twee afdelings. Die eerste gedeelte behandel die stadium van monitering en is hoofsaaklik a retrospektiewe analise oor die ontwikkeling van die dobbelbedryf in sewentiende eeuse Venesië en meer onlangs in die Verenigde State van Amerika, Australië, Namibië, asook Suid-Afrikavoor 1994. Die laaste gedeelte behandel hoofsaaklik die stadium van beleids-evaluering. Dit bevraagteken die moontlike verskil tussen die verwagte en werklike vertoning en uitkoms van die dobbelbeleid in die Wes Kaap na 1994. Hoofstuk 3 gebruik die aanbevelings van die Hoofverslag oor Dobbel in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Wiehahn verslag) as 'n basis vir die evaluering van die dobbelbeleid van die Wes Kaap van beide 'n sosiale asook 'n ekonomiese perspektief Meer spesifiek beoog die studie om lig te werp op die probleme wat verband hou met die wetenskaplike navorsing van dobbelary, die ekonomiese profiel van dobbelaars, die geografiese plasing van casinos, die verplasing van kapitaal en die korrelasie tussen misdaad en dobbel.

This study aims to analyze the social representations of different institutional leaders regarding the casino customers, their main motivations and role of the casino in daily life. The methodology was qualitative - phenomenological using semi-structured interviews. Participants were eight leaders of religious, political, and mental health institutions, and government officials. The results show that adult women are represented as the group with greater presence in the casinos. Loneliness and pathological gambling are part of the social representation of the players, with variations according to the institution that the leaders represent. The relevance of generating investigative processes that expand the concept of the games in casinos and impact on public health policies and socioeconomic development is discussed. / El objetivo del estudio fue analizar las representaciones sociales de diferentes líderes insti­ tucionales en torno a los clientes de los casinos, sus motivaciones principales y el papel del casino en la cotidianidad. La metodología fue cualitativa-fenomenológica con entrevistas semiestructuradas. Participaron ocho líderes de instituciones religiosas, políticas, de salud mental y funcionarios gubernamentales. Los resultados evidencian que las mujeres en edad adulta se representan como el colectivo con mayor presencia en los casinos. Todos los par­ ticipantes representan a las personas jugadoras asociadas al juego patológico y la soledad, con variaciones según la institución que representan. Se discute la pertinencia de generar procesos investigativos que amplíen la concepción de los juegos en casinos e impacten en las políticas públicas en salud y desarrollo socioeconómico. / O objetivo é analisar as representações sociais de diferentes líderes institucionais em torno dos clientes do casino, as suas principais motivações e papel do casino na vida diária. A metodologia foi qualitativa fenomenológica com entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Os partici­ pantes foram oito líderes de instituições de saúde, religiosas, políticas, de saúde mentais e funcionários do governo. Os resultados mostram que as mulheres adultas são representados como o grupo com maior presença nos casinos. Todos os participantes representam joga­ dores pessoas associadas com o jogo patológico e solidão, com variações de acordo com a instituição que representam. A relevância de gerar processos de pesquisa que expandem o conceito de jogo em casinos e impacto na política de saúde pública e do desenvolvimento socioeconômico é discutido.

Published Article / This paper synthesises, as its primary aim, through an integrative literature review, a new perspective on two major implications of the proposed legalisation of internet casinos in South Africa, which is: the effect on the auditor's business risk as well as the effect on audit risk. As its secondary aim the paper argues that legalisation of internet casinos in South Africa is imminent and that relative to other business, heavy reliance will be placed on the external auditor to ensure the internet casinos' compliance with various laws. The relevance and application of an integrative literature review is motivated. International perspectives are applied to the South African context. The paper demonstrates the relationship between the concepts of the auditor's business risk and audit risk by establishing that the auditor's business risk flows from possible accountability that may stem from significant audit risk that is not addressed during the audit engagement. The paper argues that the operational context of an internet casino in South Africa will be relatively unique and that three interrelating factors will create significant audit risk. The three significant factors are shown to be going concern, regulatory and information technology impacts. Failure by the auditor to recognise and respond appropriately to this audit risk may lead to serious consequences for the practitioner which may include regulatory intervention, reputational based losses or litigation. The impact of the International Standards on Auditing in this context is explored throughout and it is concluded that adherence to these standards will sufficiently mitigate significant audit risk as well as the auditor's business risk.

En el presente trabajo se propone realizar el estudio y análisis de algunas normas o políticas de la regulación de la actividad de juegos de casino y/o máquinas tragamonedas en el Perú, a través del Test de la proporcionalidad (adecuación, necesidad y proporcionalidad en sentido estricto), lo cual conlleva la revisión de los fines que se pretenden alcanzar con las mismas. El estudio abarca distintos tópicos tales como la libertad de empresa, el análisis o ponderación de las políticas regulatorias, constitución económica, y recoge las sentencias expedidas por el Tribunal Constitucional en dicha materia. Cabe indicar que la actividad de juegos de casino y máquinas tragamonedas se desarrolla en nuestro país bajo algunos costos, y al ser una actividad que el Estado permite de manera excepcional, incluso desincentiva, dichos costos suelen ser muy altos, siendo asumidos no sólo por los empresarios que deseen ingresar en dicho negocio (libre iniciativa privada), sino también por la sociedad y sus usuarios de dichos establecimientos. Dichos costos se sustentan o deberían sustentarse en los fines y objetivos de la regulación. En este sentido, a través del Test de la proporcionalidad se pretende analizar algunos de los requisitos y condiciones establecidos en la regulación de la actividad de juegos de casino y máquinas tragamonedas en nuestro país, y dadas sus características y efectos económicos que involucra, determinar si son idóneos para alcanzar los fines y objetivos que se han propuesto. / Tesis

This thesis explores gambling as a leisure activity and consumption experience. Casino development in South Africa - formerly illegal in the country - is occurring at an unprecedented rate. In 1996. the new democratic Govemment passed legislation to allow up to forty casinos to be developed throughout South Africa. This was viewed as a means of developing tourism as well as the input of revenue into the country's economy. South Africa's gambling industry is now similar to that of the United States and Australia. Starting with remotely situated casinos, accessible primarily to upper income clientele, legislation has softened to allow for the licensing of casinos within the major urban areas of this country. This has led to casino gambling being accessible to thousands of people, those who can afford to indulge in this leisure activity and those who cannot. This thesis explores the engineering of space to create an atmosphere of compulsion, and the response of communities given access, for the first time, to casino gambling close to home. The second legal casino in KwaZulu-Natal, the "SugarMill Casino", opened on 2 February 2001, on a temporary site in Mount Edgccombe, north of Durban, adjacent to the predominantly Indian suburb of Phoenix. Phoenix was planned and developed in 1976, as a residential area for the low-income Indian population. Therefore, the location of this casino has been subject 10 much criticism. This study looks at the symbolic economy of the SugarMill casino in terms of the symbols used in marketing the casino as well as its architectural symbolism. The symbolic economy of the casino uses locally based ' cultural capital ' to create a space of compulsion, through space planning and marketing campaigns. Although the casino has only being in operation for a short time, an important aim of this thesis is to determine whether these strategies are working and why. The perceptions and attitudes of Phoenix residents towards the casino, their use of and expenditure at the facility as well as the creation of problem or compulsive gamblers are explored. The importance of gambling in relation to other leisure activities is also assessed. The findings of this study suggest that the architectural theme and symbols as well as the marketing campaigns employed by the SugarMill casino have been successful in attracting gamblers to the casino because the majority of respondents have visited the casino and gambled there. Whilst gambling is not the main leisure activity that respondents engage in, it is certainly a significant form of leisure since forty-eight percent of the sample cited gambling as their main leisure activity. Reasons for this vary but contribut ing factors include the accessibility of the casino in close proximity to their homes as well as the general lack of a variety of recreational alternatives in Phoenix. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.

Thesis (B. Arch.)--Roger Williams University, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online via Digital Commons @ RWU.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-145). Also issued in print.