Gaming Research Center
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The Gambling Research Center (Universität Hohenheim) examines the various aspects of gaming and gambling through an interdisciplinary scientific approach. The goal of the Center is to systematically and scientifically examine the wide range of topics relating to gaming and gambling such as lotteries, sports betting, card games and gaming machines.
The Gambling Research Center was founded at the Universität Hohenheim in 2004 with Prof. Dr. Tilman Becker acting as its head. Scientists whose main interests concern games of chance may join the scientific management board of the research center.
Goals
The Gambling Research Center aims at scientifically examining all topics relating to gaming and gambling from an interdisciplinary, in particular economic, mathematic, social, medical, psychological, and legal point of view.
Symposiums
Every year, representatives from academia and business gather to discuss current trends in, and aspects of the topic of gambling and gaming. The legal and regulatory aspects play just as large a role as addiction prevention and the economic impacts of gambling. About 200 representatives from all fields, including psychology and medicine, participate in the one- to two-day conference at the Universität Hohenheim.[1]
Presentations
- "Recent Developments in German Gambling Law", Vortrag auf der Tagung „Gambling Regulation in Europe“ der Universitäten Leuven und Tilburg, Leuven, 10. November 2009
- "The Future of Lotteries: Prediction Markets", Vortrag auf der 7th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues der European Association for the Study of Gambling, Nova Gorica, Slowenien, 2. July 2008