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Summaries

The GambleAware Support Tool: Summary of evidence and rationale for development

Author(s): Chidley, Sandy ; Hunter, Lauren ; Levy, Jay ; Okonkwo, Steven
Publisher: GambleAware
Year Published: 2025

This report provides an overview of evidence on the development of the GambleAware Support Tool, a gambling reduction tool (i.e., a mobile app). Digital...

Reports

The social costs of gambling to Victoria, 2023

Author(s): Browne, Matthew ; Tulloch, Catherine ; Rawat, Vijay ; Dellosa, Georgia ; Russell, Alex M. T. ; Hing, Nerilee ; Rockloff, Matthew J. ; Doran, Chris
Publisher: State Government of Victoria
Year Published: 2025

This report examines the costs associated with problem gambling and gambling harm in Victoria Australia in 2022-23. The researchers estimated both the tangible...

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Can banks help prevent problem gambling? A framework of financial well-being indicators

Author(s): Lakew, Nathan ; Jonsson, Jakob ; Lindner, Philip
Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2024

This review provides a conceptual framework outlining four main determinants of financial well-being and their indicators. The framework suggests how banks and...

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Gambling behaviour, financial problems, health, and mental wellbeing of people affected by others’ gambling

Author(s): Wilson, Charley ; Butler, Nadia ; Quigg, Zara
Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2024

This study aimed to explore the relationships between being an 'affected other' (AO) due to another person’s gambling and health risk behaviours (e.g., poor...

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Greater gambling severity decreases the likelihood of homeownership

Author(s): Baako, Kingsley Tetteh ; Mintah, Kwabena ; Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa ; Farrell, Lisa
Journal: Journal of Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2023

The researchers examined the impact of gambling on homeownership in Australia, and factors that might influence this link. The researchers used two waves of...

Summaries

Supporting clients with gambling related debt

Publisher: GamCare
Year Published: 2023

This briefing summarizes key insights and recommendations from GamCare’s Gambling Related Financial Harm workshop on supporting clients with gambling-related...

Instructional Resources

Bank customers experiencing gambling related vulnerabilities and harm: Exploring an ethics of care: Toolkit of recommendations for gambling support

Author(s): Gordon, Ross ; Badejo, Foluké ; Cahill, Hayden
Publisher: QUT Centre for Justice
Year Published: 2022

This toolkit provides guidance to financial institutions in supporting customers experiencing gambling harms. It outlines drivers of gambling harms. These can...

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A review of how investing is “gamblified” and may lead to harm

Author(s): Newall, Philip W. S. ; Weiss-Cohen, Leonardo
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year Published: 2022

Investing in the stock market generally leads to profits for investors in the long run. However, there is a rapid growth of “gamblified” investment products in...

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Financial speculation in Canada and its relationship to gambling

Author(s): Williams, Jennifer Nicole ; Williams, Robert J. ; Gooding, Nolan Brian ; Mix, Jessy
Journal: International Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2022

Financial speculation refers to high-risk stock market activities. These activities are similar to gambling. The researchers used data from a large-scale,...

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Social costs of gambling harm on Italian public finances in 2014

Author(s): Lucchini, Fabio ; Comi, Simona Lorena
Journal: Critical Gambling Studies
Year Published: 2022

The aim of this study was to estimate the social costs of gambling harm in Italy in 2014. The researchers focused their estimates on high-risk gambling. They...

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