Winslow Munidasa, Cheok Christopher, Subramaniam Mythily
Promises Healthcare, Singapore.
National University, Singapore.
Addiction. 2015 Sep;110(9):1383-7. doi: 10.1111/add.12931. Epub 2015 May 6.
This paper describes the current situation regarding gambling in Singapore in relation to its historical and cultural context.
A computerized search was performed of two databases (PubMed and PsychINFO) and the reference lists from the papers searched manually to identify relevant studies. The findings were synthesized and their implications assessed.
In addition to state lotteries and much informal gambling, Singapore has two large resort casinos, which rank third after Las Vegas and Macau in terms of gross revenues. The major ethnic subgroups in Singapore have different cultural connections to gambling, including the active involvement of the Chinese and religious prohibition among the Malay. A range of secondary prevention and treatment services has been developed to attempt to minimize potential negative impacts. Overall, the prevalence of pathological gambling and problem gambling has decreased in recent years: an estimated 0.2% are classified as probable pathological gamblers compared with 1.4% in 2011, 1.2% in 2008 and 2.1% in 2005.
Singapore has experienced a reduction in problem gambling prevalence which may reflect the influence of multiple initiatives.
本文描述了新加坡赌博活动的现状及其历史文化背景。
对两个数据库（PubMed和PsychINFO）进行计算机检索，并手动检索所查论文的参考文献列表以识别相关研究。对研究结果进行综合分析并评估其影响。
除了国家彩票和大量的非正式赌博活动外，新加坡还有两家大型度假赌场，其总收入在全球排名第三，仅次于拉斯维加斯和澳门。新加坡的主要族群与赌博有着不同的文化联系，包括华人的积极参与和马来人的宗教禁止。为尽量减少潜在的负面影响，已开展了一系列二级预防和治疗服务。总体而言，近年来病态赌博和问题赌博的患病率有所下降：估计有0.2%的人被归类为可能的病态赌徒，而2011年为1.4%，2008年为1.2%，2005年为2.1%。
新加坡问题赌博的患病率有所下降，这可能反映了多项举措的影响。
