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In-app purchases and ‘loot boxes’ in mobile games deliver easy cash for developers and publishers of digital games - and kids are easily sucked in.
Ireland is the ‘wild west’ of gambling, with little regulation to protect people from the potential social harm. This needs to change.
Excessive indulgence is the city’s unifying theme. It’s also a way to end your life. Just ask Stephen Paddock.
The Labour Party’s promises are a start – but we need to go further. It’s a public health crisis.
Research that studied the pokie risks gamblers were prepared to take after they held a live crocodile has been awarded one of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes.
A court case against a poker machine manufacturer and casino operator could set a precedent for every poker machine in Australia.
Gambling has impacts on many aspects of life – including employment, income and wealth. The release of HILDA’s latest survey provides more evidence to help inform decisions on gambling policy.
Fantasy sports began as a niche hobby for statistically inclined sports fanatics. But, with the internet, it has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry.
While fewer people are gambling on the pokies, the amount of money lost per gambler has remained relatively constant over time.
The signs of a gambling problem can be hidden from view.
For some people, fixed-odds betting terminals are ferociously addictive, producing big profits for bookies and a rise in problem gambling. What’s the solution?
It is gambling, especially online and mobile, that has come into focus as sport’s most potentially damaging byproduct.
There is reason to suggest new reforms, such a banning credit bets and establishing a self-exclusion register, will have some impact in helping to tackle problem gambling online.
In Tasmania, a changing cast of actors has colluded to grant extreme riches to a single family, extracted in large part from the state’s most disadvantaged citizens.
For 30 years, sports fans have been told to forget about streaks because the ‘hot hand’ is a fallacy. But a reanalysis says not so fast: Statistics show players really are in the zone sometimes.
The NRL is trying to reduce its exposure to the integrity risks posed by spot-fixing.
Restrictions on gambling advertisements may be effective in helping those with problems manage their urges to gamble.
Doctors aren’t trained to deal with problem gamblers despite the heavy toll on health this addiction takes.
Allowing pokies to continue to be concentrated in Tasmania’s most stressed local areas will continue to cause preventable harm to tens of thousands of Tasmanians every year.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, (currently Vice-Chancellor at MILA University, Malaysia), University of Nottingham
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
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Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology, Swansea University
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Institute for Health Transformtion, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer (Geographic Information Systems), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia