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The bar was always too hard for Dutton. This week’s budget, whatever criticisms can be made of it, has been an elusive target for the Liberals
The new UK white paper reforming the gambling laws for the digital age says nothing about one of the most concerning new developments in this field in the past 20 years.
It’s important Australia doesn’t follow the ineffective voluntary approach to gambling marketing that the UK is taking.
Vampire Survivors distils the essence of compelling ‘just-one-more-go’ design to create an extremely satisfying game.
Our research absolutely does not ‘state very clearly that cash has big advantages for gamblers’.
As sports betting becomes more prevalent, so do the risks to college athletes, gaming experts argue.
We interviewed 11- to 17-year-olds and they told us gambling advertising is so pervasive in their lives, it’s become normalised.
With few regulations in place, gambling companies are going all-in to attract as many customers as possible – with younger, sports-obsessed and smartphone-savvy Americans particularly vulnerable.
Researchers who analyzed every sports bet placed online since 2018 found that young adults are the fastest-growing group of bettors, with more than 70% of them placing in-game bets.
Treatment has a high success rate. Getting problem gamblers in the door – and getting them to complete a full course of therapy – is another matter.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has convinced his cabinet to back major pokie reforms, and they will be a vast improvement on the current situation.
In the past, typical clients tended to be retirees living on fixed incomes who played slots and card games.
Sports wagering apps bring in-play betting right to the palm of your hand. Easy, ever-present access can lead to excitement and fun – or problem gambling.
Australians lose more money gambling on sports, per capita, than any country in the world.
The opportunity to place bets has changed the way games look, the way they’re talked about – and, of course, how many people have money riding on the outcome.
Horse racing can be at thrill for punters and jockeys alike. But sex discrimination could be skewing the odds.
Squandering all that money is easier than it seems.
For years, we’ve taken major sporting events, a public holiday, added alcohol and gambling, then watched domestic violence rates rise. It’s time we did something different.
Any increase in people seeking help for gambling disorders could overwhelm the nation’s treatment centers, which already find themselves overextended and underfunded.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, CEO and Senior Vice President of the PETRA Group, University of Nottingham
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer (Geographic Information Systems), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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James Doughney is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus professor, Victoria University
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Director, Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
