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Waa maxay Khamaaris?

  • Ku sharatan lacag
  • Ku ciyaarista ciyaaraha fursadda lacag
  • Qaadista tallaabo khatar ah adoo rajaynaya natiijo fiican
  • Fahamka ama ku hawlaanta khatarta

Qofku waa khamaarayaa markasta oo uu qaato fursadda khasaaridda lacag ama hanti, markaasoona guulaysiga ama khasaaridda inta badan uu go’aaminayo nasiib. Ma aha dhammaan khamaaristu dhibaato. Khamaaristu way khatar yaraan kartaa ama khatar badnaan kartaa. Khamaaristu kuma eka oo kaliya foormaatyada sharciga leh (tus., tigidhada la xoqo, kaasinos, bingos, tartanka fardaha, VLTs (terminaalada lootariga fiidyawga) laakiin sidoo kale waxa ah sharatanka aan rasmiga ahayn (tus., dadka oo dhexdooda sharatama)

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Qiimaynta

IS-WAYDII:   Ma Leeyahay Dhibaato Khamaar? 

Astaamaha &Calaamadaha

Waa Maxay Astaamaha ama Calaamaduhu?

Waxa soo socdaa waa qaar kamid ah calaamadaha qofi kala kulmi karo dhibaatada khamaarista:

  • Khamaarista wakhti badan-ku qaadashada wakhti dheer ama kordhinta wakhtiga joogista goobaha khamaarka
  • Sii-fadhiisad meesha khamaarka-si joogto ah uga fikiraya uguna diyaargaroobaya khamaarka
  • “Baacsiga khasaarayaal”-khamaarista badanka iyo ciyaarista saami badan si uu u “soo ceshado” lacag uu khasaaray
  • Ka daahis badan, aan caddayn-oo guriga ama shaqada ah iyo siraysi xad dhaaf ah
  • Khamaarista si uu uga baxsado waajibaadyada ama cadaadisyada nolol maalmeedka
  • Kordhidda daynta khamaarka-been sheegga ama ku kaca hawl dambiilenimo si uu u maalgaliyo khamaarista
  • Dayicidda baahiyaha qoys/shakhsi-tus., nafaqada, hurdada, dugsiga ama fayoobaanta guur

Waxyaabaha Keena Balwadda Khamaarka:

Dhacdooyinka:

  • Xayeysiiska
  • Cadaadis maaliyadeed
  • Jiritaan
  • Saaxiibo khamaaraya
  • Helista lacag badan
  • Maqalka guulaysi
  • Guul ku dhawaansho
  • Khamaarista iyo guusha
  • Khasaarid
  • Haysasho lacag
  • Dayn aad u badan
  • U cudurdaar khamaarista

Afkaar:

  • Sawirka guulaysi
  • “Fursaddayda kaliya”
  • “Wakhtigan si fiican ayaan u qaban”
  • “Haddii aan guulaysto waan farxayaa”
  • Fikir sixirow ah“
  • Waa nasiibkayga”
  • “Kaliya waxaan dhigani inyar”
  • “Waan u qalmaa madadaalo yar”
  • “Ma jiro qaab kale oo aan u bixin karo waxa la igu leeyahay”
  • “Waan soo celin lacagta marka aan guulaysto”

Dareemada: 

  • Cadho
  • Cadhaysiin
  • Caajis
  • Khaati ah
  • Rajo-beel
  • Farxad
  • Canaadnimo
  • Qalbijab
  • Daalanaan
  • Niyadjab
  • Sakhraansanaan
  • Kaliyow
  • Muujin nacayb
  • Dareemid “xagga sare ee adduunka”

 

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Ethno-Cultural Groups

Gambling, Problem Gambling and Ethno-cultural Communities

In the process of working on this new initiative, we realized that the issue of problem gambling within ethno-cultural groups is very much an issue of access of culturally and linguistically appropriate services and also due to language barriers.

When we talk about ethno-cultural groups, we refer to minority ethno-cultural groups, when ethnicity applies to all groups. Ethnicity has many  multi-dimensional characteristics including nationality, religion, language spoken at home, culture and culture within own’s culture, traditions, social practices, customs, etc., as well as issues of self-identification, place of residence and personal definition of ethnicity.

As stated in the report “Dreaming the Numbers: Ethno-cultural gambling in Ontario (Lorne Tepperman et all, September 2004), “Culture and ethnicity are relevant to gambling behaviour trough culturally produced attitudes towards gambling.  Culture affects gambling patterns among members of a cultural group by affecting their ideas, traditions, social practices, customs and laws.  As members of a cultural group, we inherit and pass on culture trough our institutions, practices, technologies, art forms and modes of discourse” (Shweder 1991).  Thus culture affects nor only the availability of gambling facilities, but people’s attitudes and beliefs about gambling.  Culture determines the attitude and meaning that gambling has for its members, and in this way, culture affects the specific functions of gambling for different cultural groups (Abt et al 1985)

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Ma allora perché parlare di comunità etnico/culturali e gioco d’azzardo?

Le comunità etnico-culturali sono sottorappresentate nel trattamento del gioco d’azzardo. La mancanza di servizi di consulenza appropriati e sensibili all’aspetto culturale, oltre ai problemi linguistici, fa sì che questa parte della popolazione non abbia la stessa facilità di accesso ai servizi di supporto di altre categorie e che quindi venga a trovarsi in una situazione più vulnerabile.

Secondo il censimento del 2006 (www.statcan.gc.ca) il Canada ha accolto più di 14 milioni di immigrati dal 1901 a oggi, di cui 1 milione soltanto negli ultimi 5 anni. Il numero e le percentuali di residenti in Canada nati all’estero sono in continua crescita dal 1986. A Toronto il 45,7% della popolazione è nato all’estero e sono più di 2000 i gruppi etnici presenti in città. La percentuali di nati all’estero aumenta anche in altre città dell’Ontario: St. Catharines-Niagara 18,3%, London 19,3%, Kitchener 23,1%, Windsor 23,3%, Hamilton 24,4% , Guelph 20,4%, ecc. Considerando la portata di queste percentuali è importante vedere i servizi di assistenza per chi sviluppa problemi di gioco in un’ottica etnico-culturale.

Nel rapporto 2004 del Centro per le dipendenze e la salute mentale (CAMH) “Provincial Diversity Needs Assessment Report” si afferma che “la proporzione delle varie componenti etico-culturali in Ontario è aumentata significativamente, mentre i servizi ottimizzati dal punto di vista culturale e linguistico sono ancora numericamente limitati. Diverse comunità etnico-culturali ed etnico-razziali hanno spesso credenze e atteggiamenti diversi rispetto alla salute mentale e all’abuso di sostanze, oltre a differenti opinioni su ciò che possa essere considerato un modello di trattamento adeguato. L’idea occidentale di salute mentale e dipendenze non è sempre applicabile a persone con retroterra culturale diverso. Un membro della comunità del Ruanda spiega che: non esiste, nella nostra comunità, il concetto di salute mentale…. E non c’è nessuna terminologia per descrivere la dipendenza”. I partecipanti ai focus group volevano coinvolgere i membri di comunità etnico-culturali ed etnico-razziali… oltre a sviluppare una terminologia che fosse linguisticamente adatta e culturalmente accettabile per queste popolazioni”.

In ogni caso, considerando l’aumento dei locali da gioco in tutto il Canada, è necessario effettuare più ricerche sul gioco d’azzardo e l’impatto che ha sulle comunità etnico-culturali. Negli ultimi anni è stato posto l’accento sul gioco d’azzardo problematico e sugli effetti che ha sugli aderenti alle varie comunità etnico-culturali e le loro famiglie. Nel maggio 2001, il centro Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) ha finanziato con 1,6 milioni di dollari la ricerca sui gruppi specifici di popolazione, compresi quelli etnico-culturali. Diverse organizzazioni, come COSTI Immigrant Services, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, CAMH e Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre hanno condotto ricerche nelle varie comunità etnico-culturali. I risultati sono stati pubblicati nei rapporti “Addressing Problem Gambling in Toronto and Windsor/Essex County Ethnic communities and Exploration of Cultural Perceptions (gamblingresarch.org) e “Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Gambling and Problem Gambling in the Hispanic, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Tamil and Vietnamese Communities in the Greater Toronto Area” navigando nel sito Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (gamblingresearch.org) and or COSTI Immigrant Services (costi.org)

I risultati delle suddette ricerche daranno un grande aiuto a superare la distanza fra i gruppi etnico-culturali e il gioco d’azzardo. Si spera che maggiori informazioni su questo soggetto porteranno a valutazioni e trattamenti più adeguati, dal punto di vista culturale e linguistico, del gioco d’azzardo problematico nei soggetti appartenenti a popolazioni etnico-culturali.

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Xaqiiqaha Balwadda Khamaarista

  • 95% dadka ku lugta leh khamaaristu waa caafimaad qabaan marka ay timaad khamaarista hase yeeshee,
  • 5% dadku waa balwadlayaal khamaar, iyo
  • 1%  kamid 5% waxaa ay yihiin khamaarlayaal daran.

Dad badani waxay khamaaraan bilaa dhibaato. Dadka intooda badan waxay khamaaraan iyagoon wax dhib soo gaadhsiinayn nafahooda ama dadka kale. Marka la eego daraasadda 1995 ee CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health),  84% kamid ah qaangaarka Ontario waxay khamaaraan ugu yaraan mar sannadkii, 1/3 kamid ah dadkuna (33%) waxay kaqaybgaleen ugu yaraan saddex nooc oo khamaar ah 1994 (Ferrir 1996).

Haddaba, waxa jira qayb kamid ah dadka kuwaasi oo qaada “balwadda khamaarista” balwadda khamaarkuna waxay aad ugu badan tahay waxyaabaha kale ee la-qabatimo. Khamaarlayaasha, ilaa 50% waxay qabaan dhibaatada isticmaalidda daroogo. Sagaal ilaa siddeed iyo toban boqolkiiba isticmaalayaasha daroogadu waxay la soo baxayaan dhibaato khamaaris. Isticmaalka daroogadu waxay ku badan tahay khamaarlayaasha da’da yar.

Taasi aad ayey u adag tahay in la ogaado cidda ay si toos ah u saamayso khamaaristu, sababtoo ah “waa xanuun aad u qarsoon”.

Jason Azmier, falanqeeye siyaasadeed oo sare ee Ururka Canada West Foundation ayaa sheegtay Waa kuwan xaqiiqooyin, marka la eego Tirakoobka Kanada ee 2002 ee Xogururita Caafimaadka Maskaxda iyo Fayoobaanta (Xogururinta Beesha Caafimaadka Kanadiyaanka (CCHS), Wareeg 1.2):

¾ kamid ah dadka Kanada (18.9 milyan) oo da’doodu tahay 15 jir kabadan waxay ku kharash gareeyeen lacag nooc kamid ah khamaarka 2002.

In kabadan 1 kamid ah 4 (27%) waxay ku sharxeen naftooda “khamaarlayaal joogto ah”, oo ciyaara ugu yaraan halmar toddobaadkii

Iibsashada tigidhka lootarigu waa khamaarka ugu caansan (65% ama xogururinta dadka)

Kharash garaynta khamaarka ee celcelis ahaan ee Kanadiyaanka 18 jirka ama kawayn wuxuu ahaa $485 qofkii 2002- in kabadan korodh saddex laab ah oo kasoo bilaabmay $130 1992

Ugu dhawaan 62% balwadlayaasha khamaarku waxay ku kharash gareeyaan in kabadan $1,000 sannadkii khamaarista.

Dadka Kanada waxay dareensan yihiin in khamaaristu tahay hawl la aqbali karo kaasi oo aad loo taageero aqoonta ku salaysan dartii oo ay dawladdu xakamayso. (www.statcan.gc.ca)

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应对问题赌博

克服问题赌博的胜算要大过赢彩票的胜算!

在某些情况下,负责地赌博可以打破问题赌博的规律。如果你自己难以应付,朋友和家人都可以帮忙。

如果你或你关心的人需要帮助,又不知从哪里寻求帮助。有一些机构和组织可以用你的母语为你提供服务。

当地资源

  • 尼亚加拉健康系统的隐癖服务提供的尼亚加拉多语种问题赌博教育预防项目:905-378-4647 x63849
  • 网站: www.gamb-ling.com
  • 精神健康和瘾癖服务地区主管Heather Scott: 905-378-4647 X
  • 尼亚加拉多语种问题赌博项目协调人Myra Quinonez-Alfonso:905-378-4647 x63849
  • 尼亚加拉社区瘾癖服务(CASN的赌博治疗项目905-684-1859
  • 尼亚加拉赌博者匿名专线:905-351-1616
  • 尼亚加拉地区信用咨询:905-684-9401
  • YMCA的青年赌博知识普及项目(YGAP) 

省内资源

  • 安省问题赌博帮助热线(24小时转介服务):1-888-230-3505
  • 精神健康和瘾癖中心(CAMH)免费赌博咨询热线:1-888-647-4414
  • 精神健康和瘾癖中心(CAMH)问题赌博多语种服务
  • ·       www.ProblemGambling.ca
  • 24小时信用咨询:1-800-267-2272

你需要同专业人士交谈吗?

如果你觉得你需要专业人士的帮助来解决问题赌博,请联络以下的机构,获得为您保持隐私的免费服务:

  • 尼亚加拉社区瘾癖服务(CASN) 赌博治疗项目: 905-684-1859
  • 尼亚加拉匿名赌博者热线: 905-351-1616
  • 尼亚加拉地区信用咨询: 905-684-9401
  • 安省问题赌博帮助热线 (24小时转介服务): 1-888-230-3505

给家人和朋友的建议:

  • 了解征兆
  • 把他们从赌场带出来
  • 精神上的支持
  • 做赌博者的同伴
  • 为赌博者设定限制
  • 父母/配偶
  • 不要再出钱资助他们摆脱困境
  • 亲密关系问题/情感和生理的距离
  • 孩子表现出内疚和罪恶感(过分重视金钱物质至上)
  • 赌博的环境影响儿童发展—倾向于利用物质和其他手段寻求逃避现实(Jacobs, 1989)
  • 孩子假扮父母角色 (对父母忠诚 vs. 告发)
  • 不要为赌博者找借口
  • 坚持诚实的重要性
  • 认识到问题所在 

安全赌博!

不要让赌博操控你的生活。如果你打算去赌博,请考虑运用这些智慧的策略。

  • 只为了娱乐而赌博
  • 限定赌博的时间
  • 限定要花在赌博上的钱
  • 不要借钱赌博
  • 不要冒险投机
  • 不要带信用卡去赌博场所
  • 不要独自一人赌博
  • 要意识到在输钱或是绝望的时候,风险会增加

以胜利者的方式行动,思考,感受!

行动

  • 避开赌博场所
  • 加入健身房
  • 停止使用信用卡
  • 制定预算
  • 和不赌博的朋友交谈
  • 做放松性的运动 

思考

  • 遏制赌博的念头
  • 胸怀长期的目标
  • 提前计划周末活动
  • 要记住赌博的冲动会停止
  • 想想赌博的后果

感受和情绪

  • 当情绪产生时认识到它
  • 记住有情绪是正常的
  • 把情绪记录到日记中
  • 和配偶及朋友谈谈自己的感受

 

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دریافت اطلاع

مهم ترین مشکل قمار چیست؟

قمار ممکن است در اونتاریو بدون مشکل به نظر برسد. وجود بلیط های بخت آزمایی ، کازینوهای ماشینی، بازی شانس (بینگو) بنگاه های خیریه، مجموعه بازی های ورزشی و سایر انواع قمار راه های گوناگونی هستند که مردم شانس خود را با آنها امتحان می کنند؛ و مردم شانس خود را در صنعت چند میلیارد دلاری قمار اونتاریو می آزمایند.

برای اغلب مردم، قمار یک راه هیجان انگیز و راحتی برای بردن اندکی پول یا وقت گذراندن با دوستان خود است. اما در دیگران، قمار تبدیل به نیرویی می شود که خانواده، وضع مالی، کار و زندگی اجتماعی آنها را از هم می پاشد.

چه وقت قمار بد است؟

اگر هیجان بردن پول زیاد، از گذراندن وقت با عزیزان خود مهم تر باشد، اگر قمار بر نحوه کار تأثیر بگذارد، یا اگر بدهی ها –روز به روز بیشتر شوند- به نظر می رسد که هیچوقت تمامی نخواهند داشت، آنوقت قمار بد است.

هدف از راه اندازی این سایت-عرضه اطلاعاتی در باره- اعتیاد به قمار چیست و –شناخت – علائم – و نشانه هائی-که می تواند بد باشد- به شماست.

چه باید بکنم؟

اطلاعات کسب کنید و یاد بگیرید
ابتدا، در باره قمار- و فرق بین قمار و اعتیاد به قمار اطلاعات کسب کنید.

از خود بپرسید
یکی از تست هایی–که در این سایت موجود است- را انجام دهید تا ببینید که آیا شما، یا یکی از عزیزان شما مبتلا به این مشکل است

کمک بگیرید
مبارزه با مشکل قمار یک چالش واقعی است- ولی شانس در طرف شماست! یاد بگیرید که چگونه قمار سالم بازی کنید و چگونه حدودی برای قماربازی کسی که برای شما عزیز است را تعیین کنید. اگر نمی دانید از کجا شروع کنید- این وب سایت چند زبانه – مخصوصاً برای ارائه کمک، به زبان شما تهیه شده است

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What are the Odds

The odds or chances of winning are very small. Odds are always against the bettor.

The “house” will always have the edge, and the more someone gambles, the more likely they will lose.

Your Big Chance:

Lotto 6/49:     1 in 14 million

Super 7:     1 in 21 million

So to win – you need to buy a ticket every day for 20,000 years

Slots machines, there are many different slots with varying jackpots and odds.  The payback on slot machines in Ontario  is 85% or better

The odds of winning the jackpot can vary from

1 in 4,096, or

1 in 33,554,00

Chance of being in a car accident or drowning:

1 in 20,000 

Dying from a flesh-eating bacteria disease

1 in 1 million

Being struck by lightening

1 in 240,000

Being killed by a venomous bite or sting

1 in 160,000 

Dying from failing down stairs or steps

1 in 6,330

Sources: British Columbia Partnership for Responsible Gambling;  Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. Lotteries;  COSTI Immigrant Services, “A Reference Manual on Problem Gambling for Newcomers Service Providers.”

Some people gamble because they think they can “beat the system” or because they feel lucky.

The laws of probability will ensure that if you do “get ahead”, you’ll eventually erase those gains if you keep playing.

Gambling Facts and Myths:

There are many myths about winning when you gamble.  According to the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, these are some of the more frequent ones:

Myth: I can see a pattern in the way the machine is paying out

Fact: Games are based on random event

Myth: If I keep playing, I will eventually win, get my money back

Fact: The longer one plays, the more one will lose

Myth: One has a better chance of winning at a slot machine by the entrance

Fact: Casinos have no control over the outcomes of the player’s game

Myth: I have discovered a winning system

Fact: People who have an inflated belief in their skills are a greater risk of developing a gambling problem.  They undervalue the impact of the things they can not control.

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Come si gioca?

Categorie di giochi d’azzardo

I giochi d’azzardo più popolari possono essere suddivisi in tre categorie, in base a quale sia il ruolo svolto dalla casualità per l’esito del gioco e quale sia, invece, l’incidenza del ruolo svolto dal giocatore.

  1. Casuali e indipendenti (slot, lotterie, dadi, roulette)
    Risultati casuali e indipendenti dal risultato successivo.
    Il giocatore non ha nessun controllo sul risultato.
  2. Casuali e dipendenti (carte, bingo)
    Generati casualmente, i risultati possono però essere previsti in una certa misura.
    Il giocatore ha un determinato controllo sull’esito.
  3. Non casuali e dipendenti (scommesse sportive)
    Si sa su cosa si sta scommettendo.
    Il giocatore è convinto di avere il controllo su quello che sarà l’esito della scommessa.

Gruppi di giochi principali:

Capacità/Azione

Caratteristiche

  • Il potere è importante
  • L’immagine è importante
  • Le puntate sono alte
  • Attrae soprattutto uomini
  • Socializzazione
  • Il gioco inizia da giovani
  • Senso di controllo, di capacità

Giochi

  • Poker
  • Scommesse sportive
  • Corse di cavalli
  • Mercato azionario
  • Mercato immobiliare
  • Giochi di carte

Evasione/Fortuna

Caratteristiche

  • Il potere non è importante
  • L’immagine non è importante
  • Le puntate sono basse
  • Attrae soprattutto donne
  • La socializzazione non è importante
  • Senso di evasione, di fantasia

Giochi

  • Slot machine
  • Lotterie
  • Bingo
  • Videolotterie
  • Gratta e vinci
  • Roulette

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