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A review of survey studies on the impacts of COVID-19 on gambling

Author(s): Hodgins, David C. ; Stevens, Rhys M. G.
Journal: Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Year Published: 2021

This article is a review of survey studies to date that examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gambling. The authors found 17 studies on the topic....

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Changes in gambling patterns nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

Author(s): Håkansson, Anders ; Widinghoff, Carolina
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2021

In this study, the researchers examined changes in gambling patterns around nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. A total of 2029 adults completed...

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Developing low-risk gambling limits in Australia

Author(s): Dowling, Nicki A. ; Youssef, George J. ; Greenwood, C. J. ; Merkouris, Stephanie ; Suomi, Aino ; Room, Robin
Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine
Year Published: 2021

In this study, the researchers developed a set of low-risk gambling limits in Australia. They also explored the relative risk and absolute risk associated with...

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Self-control strategies to limit money, frequency, and time spent gambling

Author(s): Flores-Pajot, Marie-Claire ; Atif, Sara ; Dufour, Magali ; Brunelle, Natacha ; Currie, Shawn R. ; Hodgins, David C. ; Nadeau, Louise ; Young, Matthew M.
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2021

This research explored the self-control strategies people used to limit their gambling and how effective they found those strategies. The researchers conducted...

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The history of gambling harm as a public health issue

Author(s): Price, Alex ; Hilbrecht, Margo ; Billi, Rosa
Journal: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice
Year Published: 2021

Gambling harm is a public health issue. However, many initiatives do not use public health strategies to prevent and reduce gambling harm in different...

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The ‘new buffalo’ confronts a pandemic: Implications of the COVID-19 shock for the Indigenous gaming industry

Author(s): Wheeler, Laurel
Journal: Critical Gambling Studies
Publisher: Critical Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2021

This blog post examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous gaming. The Indigenous gaming industry has provided economic growth for communities...

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A review of programs that aimed to reduce or prevent gambling harm

Author(s): Blank, Lindsay ; Baxter, Susan ; Buckley Woods, Helen ; Goyder, Elizabeth
Journal: Lancet Public Health
Year Published: 2021

The authors identified previous reviews of programs that aimed to prevent and reduce gambling harm. The authors searched online databases for systematic...

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Can the benefits of public health programs and policies seen in other countries also be achieved in Sweden?

Author(s): Nystrand, Camilla ; Gebreslassie, Mihretab ; Ssegonja, Richard ; Feldman, Inna ; Sampaio, Filipa
Journal: Health Policy
Year Published: 2021

In this article, the authors review studies that evaluated how cost-effective alcohol, tobacco, drug or gambling prevention programs are. They describe what the...

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Changes in the Swedish gambling market during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Håkansson, Anders
Journal: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Year Published: 2020

This study investigated changes in land-based and online gambling in Sweden during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The researcher examined data based...

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Changes to license conditions and codes of practice on the use of credit cards for gambling

Author(s): Gambling Commission
Publisher: Gambling Commission
Year Published: 2020

This report documents responses and outcomes for the Gambling Commission's consultation on gambling with credit cards. The Commission consulted the public and...

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