The University of British Columbia has recently started to research gambling addiction. This involves studying how the brain is affected by gambling and how heavy gamblers make risk-based assessments With the help of a 2-million dollar investment B.C. Lottery.Corp. the center expects to open in September. Gambling generates $1 Billion in revenue which helps provide funding for little league and hospital wards. But there is still a long standing debate over the negative impact it can have on the community.A study in 2008 estimated B.C. has 159,000 problem gamblers, including about 31,000 whose issues are severe.
In my opinion I think that the decision to create this building is a great investment due to the impact it have on society. Gambling problems affect not only those with the addiction but those close to the victim. The research done at this institution will benefit not only, B.C but could be as far as the entire world and that is definitely worth the money.
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