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Commentary on Dowling et al. (2016): Is it time to stop conducting problem gambling prevalence studies?

, 2016
The dual-frame survey conducted by Dowling and colleagues should cause gambling researchers to re-evaluate the scientific value of routinely conducting problem gambling prevalence studies.
Markham, Francis, Young, Martin
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National burden of gambling in Japan: an estimation from an online-based cross-sectional investigation and national epidemiological survey

BMC Public Health
Background Gambling is a popular leisure activity in many countries, often expected to boost regional economies. Nevertheless, its negative impacts remain a significant concern.
Chiyoung Hwang, Ryuhei So, Nozomu Hashimoto, Toshiaki Baba, Sachio Matsushita, Matthew Browne, Toshiya Murai, Norio Watanabe, Naoko Takiguchi   +8 more
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Interactive gambling [PDF]

Summary: One of the most significant changes to the gambling environment in the past 15 years has been the increased availability of interactive or Internet gambling.
Sally Gainsbury
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Restricting access: self-exclusion as a gambling harm minimisation measure in Great Britain [PDF]

, 2014
The purpose of this review was to examine the academic literature regarding self-exclusion as a form of harm minimisation in gambling and consider views from gambling operators and treatment providers.
Blaszczynski, Alex, Harris, Andrew, Parke, Adrian, Parke, Jonathan, Rigbye, Jane   +4 more
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What is the evidence for harm minimisation measures in gambling venues? [PDF]

What techniques are currently being used for electronic gambling machine harm minimisation, and do they work? Overview The use of electronic gambling machines (EGMs) in Australia and New Zealand constitutes the largest sector of the gambling industry ...
Angela Rintoul, Charles Livingstone, Louise Francis   +2 more
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Taxation and regulation of smoking, drinking and gambling in the European Union [PDF]

Smoking is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the European Union accounting for over half a million deaths each year. One in ten of all 11-year olds have been drunk twice or more times, possibly causing lasting physical and mental harm ...
D. Forrest, S. Smith, Sijbren Cnossen
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Management of gambling addiction

Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2016
Gambling is defined as staking something on a contingency. Many traders are gambling without even knowing it. Health professionals need to consider the harmful effects of gambling considering that gambling can destroy families and has medical ...
Shivangi Mehta, Ajeet Sidana, Krunali Ukey   +2 more
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Women’s gambling behaviour, product preferences, and perceptions of product harm: differences by age and gambling risk status

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Women’s participation in, and harm from gambling, is steadily increasing. There has been very limited research to investigate how gambling behaviour, product preferences, and perceptions of gambling harm may vary across subgroups of women ...
Simone McCarthy, Samantha L. Thomas, Melanie Randle, Amy Bestman, Hannah Pitt, Sean Cowlishaw, Mike Daube   +6 more
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Regulation of adolescents’ gambling – too narrow approach [PDF]

, 2013
The vast variety of contrasting regulatory approaches towards gambling across different jurisdictions has one common element – the need to protect minors from gambling related harm.
Carran, M.
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“All you’ve got to do is stop”: A Qualitative Examination of Gambling Stigma and Discrimination from the Perspective of Lived Experience

Critical Gambling Studies
People with lived experience have drawn attention to gambling stigma as a harm in itself, justifying discrimination and exacerbating other harms. The gambling establishment’s response has reproduced individual responsibility by reducing stigma to a ...
Elizabeth Killick, Clare Wyllie, Alexander Källman, Michelle Potiaumpai   +3 more
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