No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ lead – and phasing out gambling ads.
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We can make better use of technology to limit problem online gambling.
It’s important Australia doesn’t follow the ineffective voluntary approach to gambling marketing that the UK is taking.
In the 1970s, the Anti-Cancer Council launched a concerted, evidence-based public health campaign to end tobacco advertising – and many of their strategies could be used today on gambling advertising.
We interviewed 11- to 17-year-olds and they told us gambling advertising is so pervasive in their lives, it’s become normalised.
The UK has a gambling problem but some of its neighbours could provide inspiration on how to prevent gambling harms.
Accessing gambling and pornography sites may well get harder in Australia, if plans for mandatory age-verification go ahead. But there are already technical workarounds for determined web users.
It is possible to ‘gamble responsibly’, with these handy tips. But if you can’t, there’s help.
Banning offshore gambling sites sounds sensible enough, and the federal government is planning to do this. But to what extent are these sites really ripping off Australian gamblers?
Online gambling algorithims and blurred lines on what constitutes an advert on social media mean advertising principles are being flouted.
Some football bets are 50 times more harmful than others.
When you engage in recreational gambling, you’re not simply playing against the odds – you’re battling an enemy trained in the art of deceit and subterfuge who uses human nature against you.
For online gamblers, there are many attractions to offshore sights, so governments must focus on arming consumers with better knowledge about its risk.
Online gambling collects a huge amount of data. But instead of personalising offers to keep you hooked, real-time data can be used to prevent problematic gambling behaviour.
Many states are pondering making gambling on sports legal after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal ban. But is the industry really worth as much as some say it is?
Research that studied the pokie risks gamblers were prepared to take after they held a live crocodile has been awarded one of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes.
There is reason to suggest new reforms, such a banning credit bets and establishing a self-exclusion register, will have some impact in helping to tackle problem gambling online.
The NRL is trying to reduce its exposure to the integrity risks posed by spot-fixing.
No state wants to see its revenue base decline – particularly when the jurisdiction benefiting doesn’t even tax (or regulate) its bookies as well as it might.
Online wagering is likely to be very harmful to a new generation of gamblers who habitually use mobile devices. It has the capacity to be very high intensity.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Director, Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Psychology, Bournemouth University
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Principal Academic in Psychology, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Film Studies PhD Researcher, King's College London
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Foundation Professor of Finance, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Newcastle
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Professor, University of Sydney
