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Post-lockdown survey: The impact on health risk behaviours

Author(s): Health Promotion Agency [New Zealand]
Publisher: Health Promotion Agency [New Zealand]
Year Published: 2020

This survey looks at changes in health risk behaviours post-lockdown in New Zealand. It focuses on alcohol use, smoking, gambling, and health and wellbeing. The...

Commentaries

A response to gambling studies' #MeToo moment

Author(s): Nicoll, Fiona ; Akcayir, Murat
Journal: Critical Gambling Studies
Publisher: Critical Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2020

In this blog post, the authors use a recent "#MeToo" moment in the gambling research community to examine characteristics of gambling research that reproduce...

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Exploring gambling patterns that may contribute to failure to pay back loans

Author(s): Håkansson, Anders
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2020

People with problem gambling often experience negative financial consequences. They may get loans and not be able to pay them back. Thus, a failure to repay...

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Exploring how players could use their online gambling data to gamble responsibly

Author(s): Drosatos, George ; Arden-Close, Emily ; Bolat, Elvira ; Ali, Raian
Journal: Journal of Gambling Issues
Year Published: 2020

The researchers investigated types of limits, strategies, and data that could be used to encourage people to gamble responsibly. The researchers interviewed...

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Personalized messages about gambling can reduce problem gambling behaviours

Author(s): Auer, Michael M. ; Griffiths, Mark D.
Journal: Computers in Human Behavior
Year Published: 2020

Responsible gambling (RG) tools have been developed to help people gamble safely. One RG tool provides players with personalized feedback about their gambling...

grey literature

A safer bet? Online gambling and mental health

Author(s): Holkar, Merlyn ; Lees, Chris
Publisher: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Year Published: 2020

This report explores the harm that people with mental health problems can experience when gambling online. It highlights that having a mental health problem can...

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Firefighters may be at higher risk of gambling problems

Author(s): Cowlishaw, Sean ; Little, J. ; Sbisa, Alyssa ; O'Donnell, Meaghan ; Hinton, Mark ; Sadler, Nicole ; Savic, A. ; Forbes, David ; Metcalf, Olivia ; McFarlane, Alexander C. ; Van Hooff, Miranda ; Lawrence-Wood, Ellie
Journal: Addictive Behaviors
Year Published: 2020

Firefighters face stressful and traumatic situations because of their job. As a result, they may turn to gambling as a way to cope with stress and trauma. This...

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The link between casino development and motor vehicle crashes

Author(s): Kufera, Joseph A. ; Al-Hadidi, Ahmad ; Knopp, Daniel G. ; Dezman, Zachary D. W. ; Okedele, Olasunmbo Eva ; Rosenthal, Geoffrey ; Tracy, J. Kathleen
Journal: Accident Analysis and Prevention
Year Published: 2020

This research explored the relationship between the opening of a casino and motor vehicle crashes in a county in Maryland, USA. The researchers reviewed police...

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Testing the usability of an app to help reduce gambling cravings and problem gambling

Author(s): Merkouris, Stephanie ; Hawker, Chloe O., ; Rodda, Simone N. ; Youssef, George J. ; Dowling, Nicki A.
Journal: International Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2020

Gambling-related cravings can maintain or worsen problem gambling. They can also increase the rate of relapse. There is a need to help people manage gambling...

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Coping and impulsivity can affect the impact of stressful life events on problem gambling among college students

Author(s): Wang, Carol ; Cunningham-Erdogdu, Pelin ; Weinstein, Andrew Phillip ; Neighbors, Clayton ; Nguyen Steers, Mai-Ly
Journal: Addictive Behaviors
Year Published: 2020

Many college students in the US gamble. College is a stressful time for many people, and stressful life events can increase the risk problem gambling. This...

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