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Welcome to The WAGER, a research bulletin dedicated to issues relating to gambling and gambling related disorders. Longtime readers might recall that The WAGER originally stood for The WEEKLY ADDICTION GAMBLING EDUCATION REPORT. Now in its 10th year of continuous publication, and reaching almost 20 countries around the world, The WAGER is changing its name to The WORLDWIDE ADDICTION GAMBLING EDUCATION REPORT.

Although advances in information technology have greatly increased the quantity and accessibility of gambling-related resources, the majority of research materials remains cloistered in university libraries and laboratories. Since its inception, the mission of The WAGER has been to gather, distill, and share these resources, providing readers with direct access to the latest information on pathological gambling. The field of gambling studies is the domain of no single discipline. Disordered gambling cannot be understood without a discourse that includes genetics, history, anthropology, and other fields that are too often considered peripheral to the addiction sciences. We sincerely hope that in some manner, however indirectly, The WAGER will be a tool wielded by our readers to better their lives and the lives of others.

The WAGER is published by the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School. The WAGER is made possible by the National Center for Responsible Gaming, through the Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, and the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling.