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Compulsive gambling

Images

  • Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • A roulette wheel and other forms of gambling among Chinese in the Netherlands; advertising the Chinese gambling helpline. Colour lithograph for Trimbos-instituut and GGZ Nederland, 2001.
  • A wife surprises her husband by showing him evidence of his gambling debts, and reveals that she has covered his debts by betting against him. Stipple engraving by J. Strutt after T. Stothard.
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    A roulette wheel and other forms of gambling among Chinese in the Netherlands; advertising the Chinese gambling helpline. Colour lithograph for Trimbos-instituut and GGZ Nederland, 2001.

    | Date: Augustus 2001 | Reference: 653694i
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    Mister Cool saves a man from the effects of compulsive gambling, represented by a man being stripped of his clothing. Lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 199-.

    Vink, Willem de, 1957- | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 2065007i
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    Mister Cool observes the destructive effect of compulsive gambling: "a hole in your hand is a hole in your heart". Lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 199-.

    Vink, Willem de, 1957- | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 2065006i
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    Gerrit the gambler mindlessly gambling on a fruit machine, with coins and banknotes coming out of his brain. Colour lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 200-.

    Vink, Willem de, 1957- | Date: [between 2000 and 2009?] | Reference: 2065990i
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    Mister Cool fights a figure representing alcohol, gambling and cannabis smoking. Colour lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 2004.

    Vink, Willem de, 1957- | Date: [2004?] | Reference: 2064878i
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