Research Guides: FTS: Let’s Gamble!?: Websites

Recommended Websites

As you explore your topics, you might find some of these websites to be useful. Whenever you search the internet, be sure you're thinking critically about the sources you're consulting. Who created the website? Do they have expertise in the topic? How can you tell? You can use tips from the CRAAP test to help you evaluate both websites and all sources you us.

American Gaming Association
An organization for people engaged in the commercial gaming industry. Some industry statistics and opinion poll data are available through their website.
American Psychological Association
"The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world's largest association of psychologists, with nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members."
National Council on Problem Gambling
Professionals in health, education, and law; recovering gamblers; supportive citizens. Advocates for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families.
National Indian Gaming Association
Indian nations operating gambling establishments are members; tribes, organizations, and businesses supporting Indian gaming establishments are associate members. Works to protect and preserve the welfare of tribes seeking to achieve economic self-sufficiency through the operation of gaming establishments.
North American Gaming Regulators Association
Domestic and foreign governmental agencies, bureaus, commissions, and Native American tribes and First Nations charged with the regulation and enforcement of any type of gambling.