Howard Shaffer is the Morris E. Chafetz Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of the Behavioral Sciences at Harvard Medical School. His research, writing, and teaching have helped to shape how the healthcare field conceptualizes and treats the full range of addictive behaviors.

Alex Blaszczynski, Professorial Research Fellow and Director, Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic, University of Sydney, has a long history of treating and studying gambling disorders, and principles and policies related to responsible gambling. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Gambling Studies.

Robert Ladouceur is Professor Emeritus at Laval University in Quebec City. His books written with Stella Lachance, Overcoming Pathological Gambling (therapist guide and workbook) were published in English by Oxford University Press in 2007, and are now also available in Chinese, Japanese, and Finnish.

Davis Fong is the Director of Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming as well as a Professor of the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management at the University of Macau. Professor Fong has been responsible for more than 40 gambling and tourism related research projects for Macao SAR Government.

Professor Peter Collins founded and directed the South African National Responsible Gambling Programme, and was Director for the Centre of the Study of Gambling at Salford University. He is the author of the book Gambling and Public Policy, and has consulted widely for governments and businesses on responsible gambling matters.

Alexander Blaszczynski, PhD
Professorial Research Fellow
Faculty of Science
Brain and Mind Centre
School of Psychology
University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gabriele Byrne, PhD Candidate
Victoria University
College of Business
Melbourne, Australia

Peter Collins, D Phil
Professor of Public Policy Studies
University of Salford in the United Kingdom
Founder and former director, South African National Responsible Gambling Programme

Stephen P. Crosby
Former Chair, Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Independent Consultant
Elected board member, National Council on Problem Gambling and Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling

Paul Delfabbro, PhD
Professor, Psychology
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Davis Fong, PhD
Professor of the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Director of the Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming
Faculty of Business Administration
University of Macau
Macau, People's Republic of China

Heather M. Gray, PhD
Associate Director of Academic Affairs
Division on Addiction
Cambridge Health Alliance
Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Joachim Haeusler
Head of Corporate Responsibility
Compliance
Tipico Co. Ltd.
St. Julians, Malta

Haner Hernández, PhD, CPS, CADCII, LADCI
Independent Consultant
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Jon Kelly, PhD
Chairman, Kelly Inc.;
Former CEO, Responsible Gambling Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Daniel King, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Psychology
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Robert Ladouceur, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Laval University
Quebec, Canada

Debi A. LaPlante, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Lycka, LL.M.

Director of Regulatory Affairs
GVC Holdings/Ladbrokes Coral
London, United Kingdom

Jodie Nealley, MS
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
Sarah E. Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Víctor Ortiz, MSW
Independent Consultant
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Simon Planzer, PhD, MA, Esq.
Partner, Planzer Law
Zurich, Switzerland
Lecturer in Law
University of St. Gallen

Christine Reilly, MA
Senior Research Director
National Center for Responsible Gaming
Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Howard J. Shaffer, PhD
Morris E. Chafetz Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Behavioral Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Psychiatry Department
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Distinguished Faculty, Division on Addiction
Cambridge Health Alliance
Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Nathan Smith, ALM
Doctoral Student, Epidemiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA

Mark Vander Linden, MSW
Director of Research and Responsible Gaming Research
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Arnie Wexler
Certified International Gambling Counselor
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA

Sheila Wexler
Certified Alcohol and Drug CounselorÂ
Certified International Gambling Counselor
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA

Jamie Wiebe
Director, Player Health, British Columbia Lottery Corporation;
Former Director, Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices, Responsible Gambling Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Amanda Winters
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling

Ken C. Winters, PhD
Senior Scientist
Oregon Research Institute (Minnesota branch)
Falcon Heights, Minnesota, USA

"In this book, the editors bring together an interdisciplinary group of authors to share perspectives and information on responsible gambling. The editors, pioneers in areas of responsible gambling theory and practice, have assembled different stakeholders including academicians, researchers, gambling industry operators, clinicians, individuals in recovery, governmental representatives, non-profit operators, public health workers, lawyers, policymakers and regulators. Given the contributions from these different groups, this book represents an invaluable collection for individuals interested in obtaining a current understanding of responsible gambling." -- Marc N. Potenza , MD, PhD, Director, Yale Center of Excellence in Gambling Research

"The idea of bringing all stakeholders together to share perspectives is often advised but rarely done in practice. In this ambitious project, Shaffer and his co-editors have assembled a group of responsible gambling thought leaders that are wonderfully diverse in their views and their viewpoints. This book contains their distilled perspectives, insights, and playbooks from a deep reflection on decades of experience. It's a thoughtful, provocative, and utterly honest view of where we are with responsible gambling, and what needs to happen for us to move forward. Anyone who's a stakeholder in the gambling industry has something to learn from this book." -- Khalil Philander, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Hospitality Business Management, Carson College of Business, Washington State University, Honorary Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Sydney

"This book is celebrated for its revolutionary attempt in putting different perspectives from stakeholders on an important topic, responsible gambling. It calls up a concerted effort in protecting those who are vulnerable of gambling disorder. It is inspirational and thought provoking." -- Dr. Elda Mei-lo Chan, Director, St. John's Cathedral Counselling Service

"Responsible Gambling: Primary Stakeholder Perspectives comes at a critical juncture in the history of the gambling industry and the discussion of player protection. This work represents the wide-ranging perspectives of some of the most important researchers and academics of our generation as well as significant voices in public policy and gambling operations and it is presented in the spirit of collaboration and shared responsibility. Here, at this critical juncture, this book reflects the views of all major stakeholders in the discussion of responsible gambling. It does so not to patch over different viewpoints, but rather to highlight them all in search of greater understanding leading to the possibility of yet further protections for payers to enjoy their gambling safely and without harm." -- Alan Feldman, Senior Advisor, MGM Resorts International