An effective prevention plan must seek to identify the right mix of interventions to be applied at both the population and individual level. It must also deliver a clearer understanding of activities which are less effective, or counterproductive, and should be stopped.
Greo coordinated a major review of the effectiveness of prevention and education measures aimed at the whole population, at-risk groups, and individuals. This report, Prevention and Education Review: Gambling-Related Harm, was published in September 2021. Additional information about the review is available on the project documentation hub.
Below are some recent research resources from Greo and other publishers on prevention at all levels, and links for more resources in Greo's Evidence Centre:
| Universal Measures (for the benefit of the whole population) |
- An overview of gambling prevention and harm reduction strategies for adults at the local level (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
- Guidelines for lower-risk gambling (Greo Report Snapshot)
- A review of systems and tools that provide ‘hard’ restrictions on access to cash or money for gambling (Greo Knowledge Snapshot)
- Identifying low-risk gambling limits for eight specific gambling activities (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
- The use of research in the BetRegret campaign (GambleAware research report, 2021)
- Avoiding Bet Regret: An overview of the campaign to date (GambleAware research report, 2020)
- Predicting the risk of gambling problems over a five-year period using low-risk gambling limits (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
- Developing low-risk gambling limits in Australia (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
- How can we reduce harm from gambling and whose responsibility is it? (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
- Responsible gambling should be replaced by a public health approach focusing on harm prevention (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
- The role of credit cards in gambling (Greo Rapid Evidence Review; Plain Language Summary, 2020
- Public health approaches to gambling - Global initiatives (Greo Evidence Brief, 2019
- Four recommendations for improving the success of gambling education programs for teenagers (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019
- Risk factors associated with preadolescent gambling in Italy (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019
- Gambling should be considered a public health issue in Wales, United Kingdom (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2018)
- Gambling as a public health issue (GREO Research Report; Plain Language Summary, 2017)
See all Evidence Centre resources on public health approaches to gambling.
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| Selective Measures (for the benefit of at-risk groups) |
- A review of Interned delivered prevention, harm reduction, and early interventions for gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
- Centering people with lived experience in problem gambling prevention and recovery efforts (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
- Educating teachers about gambling can reduce gambling in their students (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
- Financial literacy may reduce gambling frequency: Evidence from Japan (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
- Exploring a small town’s success in appealing EGM expansion through caring-with practices (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
- A review of the evidence for educational programs and responsible gambling measures (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
- What do poker players think about prevention messages? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
- Managers and HR officers’ experiences in a workplace-oriented problem gambling prevention program (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- A systematic review of prevention programs for young adults (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2019)
- How to apply harm minimization through the Pathways Model of problem gambling in educational settings (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2019)
- The impact of a problem gambling prevention class on non-gambling young men (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- The link between cyberbullying and online gambling among youth (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- Betting operators send sports and race bettors many incentives to bet through text messages and emails (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- Evaluation of a youth gambling prevention programme (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- Subtypes of young adult gamblers based on degree of gambling involvement (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
- How to customize responsible gambling messages to specific groups of gamblers (Greo Research Snapshot, 2018)
- How much gambling is too much among youth? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2017)
See all Evidence Centre resources on preventative approaches to gambling harm.
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| Indicated Measures (for the benefit of at-risk individuals) |
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See all Evidence Centre resources on gambling self-exclusion.
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See Greo's full collection of Research Snapshots on Prevention and Education.
See GambleAware's research publications on at-risk groups, including children and young people, older adults, families of people with problem gambling, and people experiencing homelessness.
See our Current Projects page for all National Strategy research projects currently in progress.
