October 2023
94 studies entered the index this month.
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News Framing of Assets of Trading Victim Indra Kenz Seized by the State
This research aims to understand how the TVOneNews television media constructs news about the fate of the assets of the victim of illegal trading on Binomo, Indra Kenz, being seized by the state. Because Indra Kenz, the victim of illegal trading on Binomo, was judged as a gambler by the judge, and the assets were confiscated by the state …
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KEBIJAKAN PENEGAKAN HUKUM PIDANA DALAM MENANGGULANGI PERJUDIAN
Criminal law is often used to solve social problems, especially in crime prevention. In particular, the problem of gambling as a form of social disease, a form of social pathology. Enforcement of criminal law to tackle gambling as deviant behavior must continue to be carried out …
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INTRODUCTION OF TOOLS FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROTECTION OF OPERATORS AND CONSUMERS AS A PART OF DESTIGMATISATION OF GAMBLING
This paper delves into the critical topic of destigmatising the gambling industry by introducing social and economic protection tools for both operators and consumers. Gambling, especially in the online sphere, creates unique challenges and opportunities in the modern digital age …
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Ethnography of Horse Racing Gamblers’ Lives. Constructing Biographical Narratives in the Process of Interviewing
In this paper, we analyze the narrative strategies employed by horse racing gamblers in the context of their interactions within interviews. The empirical base consisted of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with long-term regular gamblers from Warsaw, Poland …
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Dampak Judi Online terhadap Tingkat Perceraian di Langkat (Studi Kasus Pengadilan Agama Stabat Kelas IB Kabupaten Langkat)
Online gambling is a gambling game that is widespread among all levels of society. In this research, the impact that occurs due to husbands who are online gambling addicts leads to divorce. This case was determined by the Stabat Religious Court with case number 1519/Pdt.G/2023/PA.Stb …
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Countermeasure strategies for law enforcement of illegal online toto gambling: Study at Central Maluku Police
Online lottery is one of the crimes we usually call cyber crime, so apart from being charged under the Criminal Code, online lottery gambling games can also be set under Article 27 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Transactions. Electronic …
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Seorang Laki-Laki Usia 25 Tahun dengan Gambling Disorder pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Addiction is a social problem, and not an object that can be considered unique. Addiction is often seen as a chronic condition accompanied by a strong motivation to obtain a satisfactory outcome based on an unintentional harmful action …
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Development of lottery business and economic justification of its monopolisation by the state
The research relevance is determined by the fact that, despite the emergence of more modern gambling, millions of people around the world participate in lotteries every year, and this number is steadily growing …
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A Multi-Group Analysis of Moderating Effects on Gambling Motives Influencing Online Gambling Models of Undergraduates in Thailand
Even though online gambling in Thailand is currently illegal, there have been increasing numbers of participation during adolescence. This can result in delinquency, adverse mental health and poor academic achievement …
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Validation of Gambling Related Cognitions Scale-Iranian Version (GRCS-IR)
The change in gambling forms, a wide variety of advertising methods, the access to gambling, as well as the increase in participation in online gambling have made it important to know and investigate gambling, particularly as pathological gambling leads to psychological and physical damage …
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Cluster analysis in gambling disorder based on sociodemographic, neuropsychological, and neuroendocrine features regulating energy homeostasis
The heterogeneity of gambling disorder (GD) has led to the identification of different subtypes, mostly including phenotypic features, with distinctive implications on the GD severity and treatment outcome. However, clustering analyses based on potential endophenotypic features, such as neuropsychological and neuroendocrine factors, are scarce so far …
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Emerging versus mature markets: Sports betting in Brazil and the United Kingdom
Contrast Brazilian sports betting market with that of the United Kingdom - which is more mature and has a long-lived regulation - using the following dimensions: economic, legal, integrity, advertising, and public health.Methodology: We collected secondary data from various Brazilian sources: (i) media, (ii) community, and (iii) government …
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Addressing the accountability gap: gambling advertising and social media platform responsibilities
This commentary reports on gambling advertisements served to Australians on Facebook in 2021-2022 that we discovered through a research project that uses novel data donation infrastructure to improve the observability of platform-based advertising …
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A 5-year longitudinal examination of the co-occurring patterns of gambling and other addictive behaviors
We examined the co-occurring patterns of problem gambling and substance/behavioral addiction severity over a five-year period and the predictors of the different co-occurring patterns of problem gambling and addiction severity. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Quinte Longitudinal Study (QLS) data …
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STATES STILL SEEKING SWEET SPOT FOR SPORTS BETTING TAX DOLLARS
Highlighted by recent changes enacted by both Tennessee and Ohio, states are continuing to figure out how to best maximize the bang for their buck when it comes to collecting tax revenue from sports wagering operators.
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Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda
Recent decades have seen gambling become a highly lucrative industry across sub-Saharan Africa …
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Writing, the Gambler's Art: A Conversation with Chigozie Obioma
Writing, the Gambler's ArtA Conversation with Chigozie Obioma Darlington Chibueze Anuonye (bio) and Chigozie Obioma (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Photo by UNL Photography Darlington Chibueze Anuonye: In 2015, at the age of twenty-eight, you published The Fishermen to global acclaim, and it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year …
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Shopping Around for Loot Box Presence Warning Labels: Unsatisfactory Compliance on Epic, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft Platforms
Loot boxes are gambling-like products in video games that players can buy with real-world money to obtain random prizes. Many countries are concerned by their potential harms and are considering regulation. Industry self-regulation of companies’ own behavior is an alternative approach to direct government intervention through legislation …
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How can we measure gambling craving among adolescent gamblers? Psychometric properties of the Gambling Craving Scale
Craving plays an important role in behavioural addictions such as Gambling Disorder (GD). However, it has only been included as a diagnostic criterion for substance addiction. Moreover, research on craving has focused mainly on adults, leaving out adolescents who can also be heavily involved in gambling behaviour …
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Do attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms influence treatment outcome in gambling disorder?
Background And Aims: Numerous studies point to the comorbidity between gambling disorder (GD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, there is a lack of research exploring how ADHD symptoms might influence psychological treatment outcomes for GD …
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Risk Factors Associated with Gambling on Loot Boxes
Loot boxes (LBs) are virtual objects that players open without knowing the value of the item they will obtain. Because of their features, studies have explored their association with gambling, finding commonalities. However, risk factors have been overlooked …
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Sports Gambling Intention Comparison Between Males and Females in the United States
The focus of this research is to understand the sports gambling intentions of Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) that can potentially lead to problematic gambling behavior. Rooted in the theory of planned behavior, the study delves into the roles of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control in shaping these intentions …
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Testing the effectiveness of different safer gambling messages for sports and race betting: A five-week experiment
Effective gambling messages should curb time and money spent on gambling, since these are the behaviours proximal to gambling-related harm. Studies that aim to find what messages best achieve these objectives are scarce, and most focus on electronic gaming machine (EGM) gambling rather than sports and race betting …
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Rahapelaamisen orientaatiot nuorten aikuisten prekaarissa elämäntilanteessa: tulkintamallin kehittelyä
Liminaalisuuden, eräänlaisen välitilan, merkitys sekä kussakin elämäntilanteessa että pelaamisen orientaationa on syytä ottaa huomioon yritettäessä ymmärtää rahapelaamisen motiiveja ja luisumista peliriippuvuuteen. Nuori ikäryhmä joutuu herkästi elämään liminaalisuuden tilassa – päättymättömältä tuntuvan nuoruuden ja aikuisuuden välissä …
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Latent profile analysis of gambling
Early age of gambling onset, ease of gambling with technological developments and lack of controlling online gambling games have led to unmanageable risk of gambling. Individual-centered approaches play a significant role in managing the risk that gambling poses on public health and discerning the heterogeneity of gambling addiction …
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Foreign experience of studying the subject field of psychology of gambling addiction of personality of the modern digital world
The article deals with the issues of correlation between gambling and the corresponding gambling addiction of an individual, predetermining the psycho-physiological state of his organism and placing him in the category of a problem gambler …
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Associations of self-regulation strategy use with in-play betting intensity and associated harms: An ecological momentary assessment study
Self-regulation strategies, such as limit setting, can be effective in reducing harms associated with gambling. However, limited research has examined their applicability to in-play sports betting. The current study therefore examined the utility of self-regulation strategies in reducing in-play betting intensity and associated harms …
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PERILAKU JUDI ONLINE PADA MASYARAKAT BERAGAMA DI INDONESIA
Online gambling has been associated with many bad behaviour in Indonesia. Including debt, broken relationship, and even criminal case. This is contradictive with the fact that Indonesia is one of the most religious country in the world. Our goal here is to identify Indonesian’s religious people beliefs on how destructive online gambling is …
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Kalakuan Bubuhan Cucu Kai: Dua Sisi Kehidupan Remaja Pemain Judi Slot Dalam Bermasyarakat
In Telaga Silaba Village there is a group of teenagers who often play slot gambling so that they are seen as a group with negative behavior, but they are also seen as a group with positive behavior because they actively help when there are activities in the community …
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Ethnicity as a risk factor for gambling disorder: a large-scale study linking data from the Norwegian patient registry with the Norwegian social insurance database
The study investigated ethnicity as a risk factor for gambling disorder (GD), controlling for demographics, citizenship, and years of residency in Norway. Methods: The sample comprised 65,771 individuals from a national patient registry (n = 35,607, age range 18-88 years) and a national social insurance database in Norway (n = 30,164, age rage 18-98 years) …
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Childhood Use of Coin Pusher and Crane Grab Machines, and Adult Gambling: Robustness to Subjective Confidence in a Young Adult USA Sample
Abstract Gambling as a youth is a risk factor for experiencing gambling-related harm as an adult. Most youth gambling research focuses on illegal engagement with age-restricted products, but youth can also gamble legally, by for example betting with friends, or via coin pusher and crane grab machines …
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COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GAMBLING HABITS: AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY
This study looked at the way COVID-19 was starting to affect gambling during first six weeks of emergency actions. The following factors were evaluated: the economic effect of COVID-19 on internet gambling, according to COVID-19, psychological issues, addiction to drugs, and risky gambling habits and intentions …
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Determinants of problem sports betting among college students: moderating roles of betting frequency and impulsive betting tendency
Given the risk and increased incidence of problem betting for young adults, the purpose of the current study was to understand what influences college students' problem sports betting behavior using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted …
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The association between traumatic experiences and substance and behavioral addictions in late adolescence: A role for PTSD and cPTSD as potential mediators
Background & Aim: Traumatic experiences (TEs) are a risk factor for behavioral and substance addictions (SBAs). However, the role of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (cPTSD) deserves further elucidation …
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Risk aversion and favourite–longshot bias in a competitive fixed‐odds betting market
Abstract Research on sports betting has generally found a favourite–longshot bias: bets on longshots lose more than bets on favourites. Existing research focuses largely on pari‐mutuel betting, but favourite–longshot bias is also evident in fixed‐odds online betting markets of the type that are growing rapidly around the world …
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Excitatory stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduces cognitive gambling biases via improved feedback learning
Humans are subject to a variety of cognitive biases, such as the framing-effect or the gambler's fallacy, that lead to decisions unfitting of a purely rational agent …
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Casinos as an Economic Development Strategy in the Prairie Provinces of Canada
À partir de données provenant de plusieurs périodes de recensement, nous étudions les effets de l’établissement de casinos sur l’emploi dans les provinces canadiennes des Prairies …
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A Comparison of Clustered and Isolated Casino Performance in Missouri
This paper utilizes data on Missouri’s casino industry to examine how clustered casinos, such as those in Kansas City and St. Louis, perform compared to dispersed or isolated casinos, such as those in Boonville, Caruthersville, La Grange, and St. Joseph …
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Impulsivity and compulsivity in gambling disorder and bulimic spectrum eating disorders: Analysis of neuropsychological profiles and sex differences
Gambling disorder (GD) and bulimic spectrum eating disorders (BSDs) not only share numerous psychopathological, neurobiological, and comorbidity features but also are distinguished by the presence of inappropriate behaviours related to impulsivity and compulsivity …
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PAID VIDEO GAME LOOT BOXES ARE NOT GAMBLING UNDER DUTCH GAMBLING REGULATION? SHIFTING THE GOALPOST IN ELECTRONIC ARTS V. KANSSPELAUTORITEIT
In March 2022, the highest administrative court in the Netherlands, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State, found that loot boxes in the Ultimate Team Mode of the FIFA video games (FUT) published by Electronic Arts (EA) did not contravene Dutch gambling law, contrary to the Netherlands Gambling Authority's (Kansspelautoriteit) …
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PokerKit: A Comprehensive Python Library for Fine-Grained Multivariant Poker Game Simulations
PokerKit is an open-source Python library designed to overcome the restrictions of existing poker game simulation and hand evaluation tools, which typically support only a handful of poker variants and lack flexibility in game state control …
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Framing Slogans for Responsible Gambling Campaigns: A Tale of Two Models
This study investigates the persuasive mechanism of slogans employed in responsible gambling campaigns. We analyse slogans from official posters in the U.S., Singapore, and Macau, focusing on two domains …
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Plasma concentration of leptin is related to food addiction in gambling disorder: Clinical and neuropsychological implications
Abstract Background Data implicate overlaps in neurobiological pathways involved in appetite regulation and addictive disorders …
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Financially focused self-concept and disordered gambling are bidirectionally related over time
Objective Prior research has shown a moderately positive association between financially focused self-concept and disordered gambling …
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An empirical study on attitudes toward gambling when sportswashing is involved
Sportswashing is defined as individuals, groups, companies, or countries/regimes' involvement in sports to improve their own reputation and/or to distract from or normalize wrongdoing. This cross-sectional survey is the first empirical study on sportswashing in relation to gambling …
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The impact of sexual harassment on women's health and well‐being: A case for studying the casino gaming industry
Abstract The sexual harassment of women in the casino gaming industry is pervasive and normative, yet the study of harassment and women's employment in this industry remains critically understudied …
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Public opinions and attitudes toward a state monopoly: a study of the finnish gambling system
Gambling regulated through a state monopoly is often justified for reasons of public health, that is, that monopolies are a more effective means of reducing potential harm …
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Predictors of problem gambling remission in adults: A Canadian longitudinal study
Remission from problem gambling (PG) continues to be a priority of clinicians and researchers. Data from cross-sectional studies indicate that some correlates are more predictive of PG, and existing longitudinal studies have exclusively examined risk factors that predict emergence of PG …
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A bibliometric analysis of fantasy sports research
Fantasy sports are a type of virtual computer game that have gone from being played by half a million people in the late 1980s to around 60 million people in 2020 in North America alone. Consequently, research exploring the topic (fantasy sports research; FSR) has also emerged …
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Loot box purchasing and indebtedness: The role of psychosocial factors and problem gambling
Loot boxes are increasingly common random-reward monetization mechanisms in digital games. They are popular among gamblers and pose various risks due to their gambling-like nature, but little is known about psychosocial vulnerabilities and financial consequences of purchasing them …
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Guided versus unguided chatbot-delivered cognitive behavioral intervention for individuals with moderate-risk and problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (GAMBOT2 study)
Internet-based interventions can be a promising option for individuals with problem gambling facing barriers to seeking help. This study aimed to directly compare the effects of therapist-guided Internet interventions with unguided ones on gambling-related behavior, cognition, and stage of change including help-seeking intention …
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Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis
Abstract Background Whilst some research has explored the impact of COVID-19 on gambling behaviour, little is yet known about online search behaviours for gambling during this period. The current study explored gambling-related online searches before, during and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK …
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This time with feeling: In-play sports betting as a vehicle for emotion regulation
The purpose of this research was to assess factors (i.e., emotion regulation, impulsivity) that motivate in-play sports betting. Specifically, we examined whether individuals report increased excitement after placing an in-play bet and whether trait negative and positive urgency moderate the effect of emotion regulation motives on in-play betting frequency …
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Gambling on unknown unknowns: Risk ethics for a climate change technofix
In this article, we critically engage with the risk ethics of attempting to mitigate climate change via a technofix, namely Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) utilizing Synthetic Biology. Now that the IPCC has (belatedly) acknowledged climate overshoot as being inevitable, our dependency on NETs to avert runaway climate change has become critical …
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Children and Young People’s Experiences and Understandings of Gambling-Style Systems in Digital Games: Loot Boxes, Popular Culture, and Changing Childhoods
Developing current geographical debates on children's digital geographies and popular culture, this article examines children and young people's experiences and understandings of gambling-style systems in digital games.Chance-based mechanisms such as loot boxes are a growing feature of the global gaming industry.This article examines the space between …
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Certain Problems of Practical Application and Legislative Gaps in the Field of Regulation and Conduct of Gambling in the Russian Federation
On the one hand, there is an opinion in society that gambling negatively affects public life, but on the other hand, gambling is a social phenomenon inherent to a greater or lesser extent to every person. The main line of Russian statehood is expressed in the regulation of this type of activity, and not on its complete prohibition …
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Is current NEET PG Counselling process full of LUCK and GAMBLING?
Each year, many students attempt the NEET PG entrance exam and then attend the counselling process to get admission in PG. However, each year, we see a lot of issues and delays in the counselling process …
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Pertanggungjawaban Pelaku Tindak Pidana Perjudian yang di Lakukan di Tempat Umum
This study aims to determine how the criminal law regulates gambling crimes in Indonesia and how criminal liability is imposed on perpetrators of gambling in public places. The method used in this writing is to use normative legal research (juridical normative) which is carried out with library research …
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Developing the ACEIG-scale: An adverse childhood experience scale for Inuit youth in Greenland
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a major public health challenge in Greenland. No previous studies have created a multi-item ACE- scale among an Arctic Indigenous population. Objective: To develop a multi-item ACE-scale among Inuit youth in Greenland (the ACEIG scale) …
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An empirical attempt to identify binge gambling utilizing account-based player tracking data
Binge gambling is a relatively under-explored area and the few published studies have all used self-report data (i.e. surveys and interviews). The use of account-based tracking data has increasingly been used to identify indicators of problem gambling. However, no previous study has ever used tracking data to operationalize and explore binge gambling …
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Young People’s Perceptions of the Effects and Value of Sports Betting Inducements
Abstract Recent research has focused on investigating the impact of sports betting inducements on individuals' gambling behaviour. Younger people are an important demographic, as they exhibit higher rates of sports betting engagement and are at a formative stage of life where they may be more vulnerable to potential harm …
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Comorbidity, Criminality, and Costs of Patients Treated for Gambling Disorder in Denmark
Abstract Gambling disorder is associated with increased mental comorbidity, unhealthy lifestyle, criminality, and costs-of-illness, but the available evidence is mainly based on self-reported survey data. We examined the registry-recorded mental and somatic comorbidities, medication use, criminality, and costs-of-illness associated with gambling disorder …
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Wanna Bet? Investigating the Factors Related to Adolescent and Young Adult Gambling
For many adolescents and young adults, gambling can represent an attractive and exciting form of entertainment, a way to take risks and explore new experiences. However, gambling also poses a significant risk for this age group …
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Changes in some health and lifestyle behaviours are significantly associated with changes in gambling behaviours: Findings from a longitudinal New Zealand population study
Although a large number of studies have investigated associations between risky gambling behaviours and health, lifestyle and social factors, research has not focused on changes in these factors and associations with changes in gambling risk level …
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Stochastic ordering results on the duration of the gambler’s ruin game
Abstract In the classical gambler’s ruin problem, the gambler plays an adversary with initial capitals z and $a-z$ , respectively, where $a>0$ and $0< z < a$ are integers. At each round, the gambler wins or loses a dollar with probabilities p and $1-p$ . The game continues until one of the two players is ruined …
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Voluntary Self-Exclusion and Contingency Management for the Treatment of Problematic and Harmful Gambling in the UK: An Exploratory Study
Research into self-directed methods for reducing problematic and harmful gambling is still in its infancy. One strategy that individuals use to prevent gambling involves voluntary self-exclusion (VSE) programs. For example, VSE programs can make it challenging to access betting sites or enable banks to block gambling-related transactions …
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The dynamics of problematic gaming in e-sports through the lens of FIFA gaming
-Purpose This research looks at the relationship between gamer roles, motivations, and their association with problematic gaming. Particularly, attitudes, flow, and sunk cost were explored within EA Sport’s FIFA, a popular eSports video game that features loot boxes …
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Skin gambling in mainland China: Survival of online gambling companies
“Skin gambling” is a new form of online gambling that has gained significant popularity over the last decade in the People’s Republic of China …
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CHINESE ONLINE GAMBLING ESPORTS REGULATIONS: WHO IS TARGETED FOR CRACKDOWNS? WHY ARE THERE DOUBLE STANDARDS?
This article discusses the lack of strict enforcement of online gambling regulations in the Chinese esports industry despite the establishment of relevant regulations …
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Prediction markets as meta‐episteme: Artificial intelligence, forecasting tournaments, prediction markets, and economic growth
Abstract This paper presents a speculative framework suggesting that prediction markets (or its epistemic cousins such as artificial intelligence or forecasting tournaments) may constitute a break in the expansion of human knowledge in a manner similar to the impact of the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions …
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UPAYA KEPOLISIAN DALAM PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA JUDI ONLINE (STUDI KASUS DI POLRES BULELENG)
The crime of online gambling is an act that violates the law which is included in a crime and has become a habit for the community, including the City of Buleleng. Online gambling is a form of abuse of online media facilities where betting is used by transferring cash through banks, like gambling in general …
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Perception and Social Influence of Sports Betting Advertisements on Gambling Behaviour of Youths in Makurdi Metropolis: An Assessment
This study assessed the perception of sports betting advertisements and influence on the gambling behaviour of youths in Makurdi metropolis. Survey research method was adopted for the study, while questionnaire was employed as instrument for data collection …
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LEGAL ANALYSIS REGARDING EVIDENCE IN ONLINE BALLS GAMBLING CRIME: ANALISIS HUKUM TENTANG PEMBUKTIAN DALAM TINDAK PIDANA PERJUDIAN BOLA ONLINE
Online gambling is a game that is carried out using money as a bet with the terms of the game and the amount of bets determined by online gamblers and using electronic media with internet access as an intermediary. One example of online gambling that is popular with today's society, namely online soccer gambling …
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The ‘FFAB’ project: Lessons learned from an early health intervention for male sports bettors
Abstract Background Sports betting is a growth area for the gambling industry with football fans becoming a key target of advertising. This demographic is also one at elevated risk from gambling harm …
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Harnessing lived experience in a community-based intervention to address gambling-related harms
Abstract Background Lived experience of people directly or indirectly affected by public health issues can provide unique insights into how to improve interventions. Increasing availability of gambling necessitates involving communities in efforts to reduce gambling-related harms …
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Gambling on India's Foreign Policy: The Importance of Implementation
Gambling on India's Foreign Policy:The Importance of Implementation Kate Sullivan de Estrada (bio) As Indian prime minister Narendra Modi ricocheted around the globe in mid-2023—welcomed in Japan and Australia in May, embraced in a four-day state visit to the United States in June, and celebrated as the guest of honor at France's Bastille Day parade in …
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Gambling consumption and gambling harm: evidence from three British surveys
Abstract Background Commercial gambling has increased rapidly, with attendant concerns about impact. A critical policy question is whether increased provision and consumption leads to greater levels of harm …
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Gambling and Elizabethan Gentlemen
Abstract Before the mid-seventeenth century when a developing understanding of probability transformed gambling, English gaming took place in the community rather than in dedicated institutions like casinos and so represented and interacted with more general social behavior. Different communities gambled differently; they had different status under the law …
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Evaluation of a city-region initiative to galvanise a community response to gambling-related harms
Abstract Background Community interventions have an important role in public health strategy for gambling harms yet many interventions are shaped by stigmatising notions of individual responsibility. This presentation describes a process evaluation of an intervention for galvanising community-level innovation, administered by a city-region government …
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Embracing public health approaches to gambling? A review of global legislative and regulatory trends
Abstract Background/Issue The public health community has increasingly called for governments to recognise the health harms associated with gambling, and for prevention policies to include population-based approaches. Whether and to what extent these calls have translated into actual policy-making globally has not been investigated. Our paper fills this gap …
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Cyber Security Awareness and Prevention Strategies
The use of a computer as a tool can be involved in the following forms of unlawful behaviourfinancial crimes, sale of illicit things, pornography, online gambling, intellectual property crime, e-mailspoofing, forgery, cyber defamation, and cyber stalking. Computers may also be utilised to participate inonline gambling games such as poker and blackjack …
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CAN TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION MODULATE GAMBLING AND GAMING BEHAVIORS?
Gambling Disorder (GD) and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) are formally recognized behavioral addictions with a rapidly growing prevalence and limited treatment options …
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AN “ANNUS HORRIBILIS” FOR U.S. SPORTS BETTORS
The 12-month period that started July 1, 2022, and ended June 30, 2023, was a historic one for all the wrong reasons for the sports wagering public. Nearly every state with legal commercial wagering saw notable year-over-year gains versus the previous 12-month period from July 2021–June 2022, even among those who saw declines in handle.