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Cashless gambling? How coronavirus may change Canada’s casinos (Global News. July 23, 2020)
Number of UK problem gamblers seeking help soars in lockdown (The Guardian. July 16, 2020)
Covid-19 has driven American gamblers online (The Economist. June 7, 2020)
Gambling and gaming during COVID-19: Prevalence, implications, and strategies to stay safe (YMCA Greater Toronto Youth Gambling Awareness Program, June 2020)
Quarantined gamblers worry about addiction and overspending (GREO media release. June 1, 2020)
We need to do more to save lives as COVID-19 and opioid crises converge (Edmonton Journal. June 10, 2020)
Emerging Research
A safer bet? Online gambling and mental health (Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. July 2020)
Gambling during the COVID-19 crisis - A cause for concern? (Journal of Addiction Medicine. May 2020)
Covid-19 and gambling in Ontario (Journal of Gambling Issues. Spring 2020. Helpline data from ConnexOntario.)
Gambling before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among European regular sports bettors: An empirical study using behavioral tracking data (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. May 2020)
Changes in gambling behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic—a web survey study in Sweden (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. May 2020)
Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance (Comprehensive Psychiatry. July 2020)
Promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for obesity and chronic disease management (Journal of Physical Activity and Health. July 2020)
The emerging impact of COVID-19 on gambling in Ontario (Responsible Gambling Council. June 2020, located in GREO's Evidence Centre)
Online gambling/betting: A survey of 1,500 Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic (Abacus Data, May 2020, located in GREO's Evidence Centre)
The extent of COVID-19 pandemic socio-economic impact on global poverty. A global integrative multidisciplinary review (American Journal of Economics. Spring 2020)
Collision of the COVID-19 and addiction epidemics (Annals of Internal Medicine. April 2, 2020)