This paper presents data describing the latency of the onset of pathological gambling (PG) in a large sample (N = 180) of men and women seeking treatment at the Rhode Island Gambling Treatment Programm. The current study replicates the findings of Breen and Zimmerman (2002), and confirms that involvement with computerized gambling devices, such as video slots and video poker, is associated with a significantly faster onset of PG in both men and women who focus on those devices, compared to the latency of PG onset in patients who focus on other, more "traditional" forms of gambling.
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