February 2024
71 studies entered the index this month.
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The Effect of Online Gambling on Mental Health: Study on Teenagers in Panimbang District, Banten
This study aims to evaluate the effect of online gambling on mental health in a group of teenagers in Panimbang District, Banten. The research was conducted to understand the impact of online gambling activities on the mental well-being of teenagers, focusing on factors such as stress, anxiety, depression and impulsive behavior …
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Power, intersectionality and stigma: Informing a gender- and spatially-sensitive public health approach to women and gambling in Great Britain
In Britain more men participate in gambling than women, although the gender gap is narrowing; and online gambling is increasing among women and men. Gambling practices differ between men and women but also between different groups of women, with evidence that younger women are diversifying to gamble in different ways from older women …
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Development and Validation of an ICD-11-Based Adolescent Problem Gambling Screening Scale
본 연구는 ICD-11 도박장애 진단기준을 바탕으로 국내 청소년의 도박문제 수준을 평가하는 측정도구를 개발하고 그 타당성을 검증하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 ICD-11 도박장애의 3가지 진단기준을 바탕으로 기초문항을 구성한 후 전문가의 내용타당도 검증을 통해 12개의 예비문항을 선정했다. 이후, 온라인 패널을 통해 도박 경험이 있는 청소년 300명을 대상으로 예비조사를 실시하여 10개의 최종문항을 선정하고, 도박 경험이 있는 청소년 700명을 대상으로 본조사를 실시하여 척도의 신뢰도와 타당도를 검증했다 …
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Analysis of the Main Groups of Financial Indicators at the Level of an Entity in the Gambling Field
The gambling sector represents a service-providing activity with a high risk for clients of losing financial resources. Despite relatively low personal incomes, based on the possibility to spontaneously obtain high earnings, often ignoring the extent of related risk, currently in Romania this business sector is on the rise …
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A study of user attitudes towards crisis in gaming companies: Focusing on loot box Business Model Repulsion
본 연구는 게임사의 위기 사건 발생 시 위기가 게임 이용자 태도에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 이용자 유형 간의 비교 분석을 실시하였으며, 게임 내 사회적 상호작용, 과금 의도, 기업 이미지가 이용자 이탈에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 통해 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 분석결과 성별, 커뮤니티 이용 여부, 이용시간, 과금액 집단 간의 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 또한 게임 내 사회적 상호작용, 과금 의도, 기업 이미지가 이용자 이탈에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.
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Self-reported changes in engagement in offline and online gambling during temporary COVID-19 restrictions on access to land-based gambling venues in Poland and their relation to the gambling disorder
This study aimed to trace changes in the participation of Polish gamblers in online and offline (land-based) gambling caused by the temporary restrictions on access to land-based gambling venues imposed during the first national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data from 585 respondents were collected using an online questionnaire …
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Psychedelic-assisted therapy for people with gambling disorder?
Abstract Gambling disorder is a severe mental health and behavioural problem with harmful consequences, including financial, relationship and mental health problems. The present paper initiates discussion on the use of psychedelics combined with psychotherapeutic support as a potential treatment option for people living with a gambling disorder …
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Negative and positive mental health characteristics of affected family members: Findings from a cross-sectional Australian general population gambling study
Despite the impact of problem gambling on affected family members (AFMs), there are limited large-scale population level studies identifying the negative mental health (NMH) and positive mental health (PMH) characteristics of AFMs …
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Machine learning for sports betting: Should model selection be based on accuracy or calibration?
Sports betting’s recent federal legalisation in the USA coincides with the golden age of machine learning. If bettors can leverage data to reliably predict the probability of an outcome, they can recognise when the bookmaker’s odds are in their favour …
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Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Unplugged Program on Gambling Behaviours among Adolescents: Study Protocol of the Experimental Controlled Study "GAPUnplugged"
Gambling risk behaviour is an emerging problem among adolescents. "Unplugged" is an effective Social Influence curriculum for preventing substance use among students. This study aims to develop and test a new component focused on gambling added to the Unplugged program. Schools of Piedmont region and Rome city were invited to participate in the study …
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Efficient Federated Learning With Enhanced Privacy via Lottery Ticket Pruning in Edge Computing
Federated learning (FL) can train collaboratively with several mobile terminals (MTs), which faces critical challenges in communication, resource, and privacy …
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Boundary Conditions for the Positive Skew Bias
Gambles that involve a large but unlikely gain coupled with a small but likely loss-like a lottery ticket-are known as positively-skewed. There is evidence that people tend to prefer these positively skewed choices, leading to what is called a positive-skew bias …
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ACCOUNTABILITY OF INFLUENCERS CREATING ONLINE GAMBLING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT ON INSTAGRAM
The prevalence of online gambling and internet media in the community is one of the negative effects. It is impossible to separate the role influencers play in promoting online gambling sites from the evolution of online gaming. In spite of the fact that it is expressly forbidden to promote online gambling in Law No …
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The effect of exclusion on subjective well-being indicators and problem gambling in Swiss casinos
The aim of this research project was to evaluate the influence of exclusion as a harm-reduction intervention on parameters such as gambling behavior, motivation to seek help and several well-being measures. Gamblers, who were excluded from both land-based and online Swiss casinos, completed a written questionnaire three times, at six-month intervals …
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Individual risk factors and prediction of gambling disorder in online sports bettors - the longitudinal RIGAB study
While research in online sports betting is dominated by studies using objective player tracking data from providers to identify risky gambling behavior, basicresearch has identified various putative individual risk factors assumed to underlie the development of gambling disorder across all types of gambling …
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The Influence of Genetic Polymorphic Variability of the Catechol-O-methyltransferase Gene in a Group of Patients with a Diagnosis of Behavioural Addiction, including Personality Traits
Gambling Disorder (GD) is characterised by a harmful, enduring, and recurrent involvement in betting-related behaviours. Therefore, GD shares similar biological mechanisms and symptoms to substance use disorders (SUD). Therefore, in this study, we chose the behavioural addictions group …
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Responsibility of Digital Platforms in the Distribution of Online Slot Gambling Advertisements in Indonesia
The main purpose of this paper is to analyze in depth the responsibility of digital platforms in the distribution of online slot gambling advertisements in Indonesia …
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Anticipated Motives for Gambling Treatment in Adults from the U.S
Abstract Prior works note that identifying problematic play is a leading barrier to treatment seeking, contributing to low treatment rates in those with gambling problems (e.g., Bijker et al., 2022; Suurvali et al., 2012a) …
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Harmful types of gambling: changes and emerging trends in longitudinal helpline data
Gambling products differ in terms of their harm potential. Products are also constantly developing and changing. However, little research has addressed changes and trends in the types of gambling that are associated with harms …
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Legal Analysis of Online Gambling and Its Criminal Threats Reviewed from Article 45 Paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions
Poverty that occurs in society has an influence on one's behavior and character. One way a person makes money quickly is by doing online gambling. Online gambling activities have caused losses to the community …
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Losses disguised as wins evoke the reward positivity event-related potential in a simulated machine gambling task
Electronic gambling machines include a suite of design characteristics that may contribute to gambling-related harms and require more careful attention of regulators and policymakers …
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ENTRE SORTE E REGULAÇÃO
Contextualização: Loot boxes são pacotes de itens virtuais, geralmente representados no formato de caixa, presentes em jogos eletrônicos. Ao abrir uma loot box, o jogador possui uma chance aleatória de obter itens de diferentes tipos de raridade dentro do jogo …
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Impact of online poker gambling on behavioural and neurophysiological responses to a virtual gambling task
Online poker gambling (OPG) involves various executive control processes and emotion regulation. In this context, we hypothesized that online poker players, accustomed to handling virtual cards, would show high performance on computerized decision-making tasks such as the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) …
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The dark side of optimism: Musical dreams, belief, and gambling
Being a career musician is typified by high risk. Despite low earnings, many musicians pursue their careers driven by self-belief, high expectations, and optimism. However, failure to obtain the success many optimistically aspire to has been seen to pose psychosocial risks relating to mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression …
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Producing the post‐postmodern flâneur: An assemblage analysis of Macau's Cotai Strip
Macau, an internationally renowned gambling city, has experienced rapid growth in casino space expansion and tourism since 2002 when the new Macau SAR government liberalised gambling. Despite the impact of COVID‐19 on the city's economy over the past three years, infrastructure construction and remodelling of casino resorts continue …
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Dopamine activity in the nigrostriatal pathway alters cue-induced risky choice patterns in female rats
Deficits in cost/benefit decision making is a critical risk factor for gambling disorder. Reward-paired cues may play an important role, as these stimuli can enhance risk preference in rats …
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The problem gambling measure: a revision of the problem & pathological gambling measure to better predict at-risk and chronic gambling
Most problem gambling (PG) assessment instruments classify individuals with subthreshold levels of problem gambling symptomatology as ‘at-risk’, implying a future risk of developing more serious problems. However, this convention lacks empirical support …
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Sosialisasi Hukum Akibat Hukum Dan Upaya Pencegahan Judi Online Pada Remaja
This study aims to investigate the role of legal socialization at Vocational High School (SMK) Taman Siswa Kisaran in preventing online gambling practices among adolescents, as well as to understand the legal implications that adolescents may face when involved in such activities …
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Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease and Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes-Is There a Difference?
Background And Objectives: Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are characterized by potentially harmful actions resulting from disturbances in the self-control of emotions and behavior. ICDs include disorders such as gambling, hypersexuality, binge eating, and compulsive buying …
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Pharmacological management of gambling disorder: an update of the literature
Gambling disorder (GD) is a mental health condition characterized by persistent and problematic betting behavior. GD generates distress and impairment, and treatment options include psychological and pharmacological interventions. Areas Covered: This narrative review explores existing pharmacological treatments for GD …
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Using the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) to Predict Gambling Disorder Among U.S. College Students
The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) screening tool has not previously been used to evaluate risk for gambling disorder (GD). We aimed to assess the level at which each specific substance involvement score (SSIS), measured by ASSIST, most optimally predicted GD among U.S. college students …
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Obstacles in Preventing Action Against a Gambling Crime
Abstract: This study aims to determine precautions Against A Gambling Crime. The method in this research is empirical research methodology and uses a qualitative approach to descriptive qualitative analysis techniques …
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Exploring the feasibility of a gambling harm screening model in general practice and community service settings in Fairfield: a pilot study
Gambling is a growing public health issue in Australia. However, limited research has examined the role of primary health care and social services in routine screening for gambling harm in Australia …
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Nouvelles des archives. Les archives du groupe Casino : regard sur la politique sociale de l’entreprise (1898-années 1940)
Cet article interroge les conditions de mise en place et surtout les modalités d’appropriation de la nouvelle instance de représentation fusionnée que constitue le comité social et économique (CSE) …
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Moral jeopardy, conflicts of interest and the integrity of public health research
Moral jeopardy occurs when researchers or research organizations committed to public good opt to accept profits from industries in ways that generate conflicts of interest …
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Alterations in type 2 dopamine receptors across neuropsychiatric conditions: A large-scale PET cohort
Aberrant dopaminergic function is linked with motor, psychotic, and affective symptoms, but studies have typically compared a single patient group with healthy controls …
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The role of contextual factors in avenues to recover from gambling disorder: a scoping review
Introduction Recovery from complex conditions such as gambling disorders (GD) often entail considerable change and require a range of adaptable interventions in the health care system. Outcomes from such avenues to change are influenced by multifarious contextual factors, which are less frequently considered in treatment outcome studies …
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The association between health-related quality of life and problem gambling severity: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England
Problem gambling can lead to health-related harms, such as poor mental health and suicide. In the UK there is interest in introducing guidance around effective and cost-effective interventions to prevent harm from gambling. There are no estimates of the health state utilities associated with problem gambling severity from the general population in the UK …
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The COVID-19 lockdown experience suggests that restricting the supply of gambling can reduce gambling problems: An Australian prospective study
Abstract Background and aims COVID-19 lockdowns limited access to gambling but simultaneously elevated psychosocial stressors. This study assessed the relative effects of these changes on gambling risk status during and after the Australian COVID-19 lockdown from late-March to late-May 2020 …
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PERAN KEPOLISIAN DALAM MENANGGULANGI TINDAK PIDANA PERJUDIAN GELPER DI WILAYAH KOTA BATAM
Seeing the development of the current era, as well as the rapid advancement of technology, certainly has aninfluence both from the positive and negative sides. Riau Islands, especially Batam City itself is a city that is directlyadjacent to neighboring countries …
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Fan conflict or complement? Exploring the intersection of sports betting and team loyalty
Purpose The purpose of this paper was (1) to examine the underexplored intersection of sports betting and favorite team loyalty, and (2) to assess differences in gambling behavior among sport bettors by varying levels of team loyalty …
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Dampak fenomena permainan judi online terhadap kesadaran hukum remaja di Kelurahan Pematang Kandis
Online gambling games among teenagers are a disturbing phenomenon. Actions that are detrimental to the teenager or other people. This research was conducted in Pematang Kandis Bangko Village. This research is qualitative research using descriptive methods …
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Learning and metacognition under volatility in GD: Lower learning rates and distorted coupling between action and confidence
Abstract Background and aims Decisions and learning processes are under metacognitive control, where confidence in one's actions guides future behaviour. Indeed, studies have shown that being more confident results in less action updating and learning, and vice versa …
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Association between endocrine and neuropsychological endophenotypes and gambling disorder severity
Neurobiological characteristics have been identified regarding the severity of gambling disorder (GD) …
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A Guide to the Risk-Averse Gambler and Resolving the St. Petersburg Paradox Once and For All
SummaryWe use three kinds of computations: simulation, numeric, and symbolic, to guide risk-averse gamblers in general, and we offer particular advice on how to resolve the famous St. Petersburg paradox.
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Smartphone usage and overdependence risk among middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study
Previous studies have predominantly focused on smartphone overdependence among adolescents and young adults. However, as smartphone usage has recently surged among South Korean middle-aged and older adults, the risk of smartphone overdependence cannot be overlooked among this population …
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Paying while playing: examining the influence of interaction with gamified elements in fantasy sports on in-app spending
Research question: Prompting consumers to spend more in fantasy sport applications is necessary to provide supplementary sources of revenue for sport organizations.The current research draws on gamification literature to examine consumers' engagement with three prominent fantasy sports motivational affordances of points, badges, and leaderboards and its …
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Gambling Addiction among Teenagers: Risk Factors, Protective Factors, Prevention
Gambling has recently become one of the major public health problems. Although most efforts are focused on adult gamblers, there is growing concern about teenagers and young adults being more vulnerable to gambling addiction …
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE GAMBLING BEHAVIOR WITH EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OF COLLEGE STUDENT
Many college students were involved in online gambling games, and there is a tendency to this student to show excessive emotional responses when playing online gambling that leads to emotional disorders. Therefore, this research aims to find out the relationship between online gambling behavior with student emotional disorders …
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE GAMBLING BEHAVIOR WITH EMOTIONAL DISORDERS OF COLLEGE STUDENT
Many college students were involved in online gambling games, and there is a tendency to this student to show excessive emotional responses when playing online gambling that leads to emotional disorders. Therefore, this research aims to find out the relationship between online gambling behavior with student emotional disorders …
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Involving lived experience in regional efforts to address gambling-related harms: going beyond 'window dressing' and 'tick box exercises'
Lived Experience (LE) involvement has been shown to improve interventions across diverse sectors. Yet LE contributions to public health approaches to address gambling-related harms remain underexplored, despite notable detrimental health and social outcomes linked to gambling …
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Incremental dialysis: two complementary views
Franco Casino and Mariana Murea discuss today's knowledge about the 'incremental dialysis' concept …
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Co-design of SLC/MLC FeFET-based highly error-tolerant low-power CiM and strong lottery ticket hypothesis-based algorithm
Abstract This study co-designs single-level cell (SLC) mask and multilevel cell (MLC) weight twin FeFET devices and a strong lottery ticket hypothesis (SLTH)-based neural network (NN) algorithm to achieve highly error-tolerant low-power Computation-in-Memory (CiM) …
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Internet, App-Based, and Casino Gambling: Associations Between Modality, Problem Gambling, and Substance Use
Technology-based gambling prevalence is not well understood since relevant questions are not included in health and disease surveillance studies. The current study sought to estimate the prevalence of internet-based and smartphone app-based gambling, along with casino gambling, in a sample of U.S …
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Gambling in Victoria: Changes in Participation, Problem Gambling and Gambling Environment Between 2008 and 2018
Abstract Gambling and its impacts are an important public health issue. The relationship between gambling, problem gambling and gambling harm is complex and dynamic. Replicate prevalence studies are useful for surveillance and monitoring gambling impacts within jurisdictions …
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"If You Don't Arrange Your Bets Well You Will Still Lose": Gambling Strategies of Visually Impaired Students
Few studies have focused on people with hearing loss and intellectual disabilities engaging in gambling activities. However, people with visual impairments' energetic participation in sports betting activities is unexplored …
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Sacralizing the Playful Secular: The Deity of Karuta-Gambling at the Nose Kannon Hall in Sannohe, Aomori
In a faraway apple orchard in Sannohe, a small town in Japan’s Aomori Prefecture, a zushi miniature wooden shrine at the Nose Kannon Hall caught the media’s attention with its unique adornment—the karuta playing cards with European-inspired abstract designs in bold red and black colors that were used during the early modern period for pastime and gambling …
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Offering an auto-play feature likely increases total gambling activity at online slot-machines: preliminary evidence from an interrupted time series experiment at a real-life online casino
Auto-play is a ubiquitous feature in online casino gambling and virtual slot machines especially, allowing gamblers to initiate spin sequences of pre-set length and value …
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Loot boxes and blurred lines between gaming and gambling
The lines between video-gaming and gambling have become blurred, representing a distinct safeguarding risk for our young people. What is the role of education in addressing this problem?
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Young people's views about the use of celebrities and social media influencers in gambling marketing
Young people's exposure to gambling marketing has had a clear impact on their gambling attitudes, risk perceptions and consumption intentions. Celebrities and social media influencers (SMIs) are increasingly used by the gambling industry in a wide range of promotions …
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Sports betting gambles with student‐athletes’ well‐being
Although legalized sports betting can be a harmless form of entertainment, it also carries high‐stakes risks in the form of harassment targeted at student‐athletes, gambling addictions, and violations of NCAA bylaws …
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Investigating the complex relations among affective variables in the context of gambling
Gambling disorder is a dramatic phenomenon that is spreading, in Italy as well as around the world, among younger and younger people every year …
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Gambling and virtual reality: unraveling the illusion of near-misses effect
Studying gambling behavior is a crucial element in reducing the impact of problem gambling. Nevertheless, most current research is carried out in controlled laboratory settings rather than real-life situations, which raises concerns about how applicable the findings are in the broader context …
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ESPN BET MAKES ITS DEBUT WHILE SPORTS BETTING HANDLE SKYROCKETS
The much-anticipated debut of ESPN BET lived up to the hype as sports bettors across the U.S. were willing to take a chance on the sports media giant's foray into wagering.
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Build trust, they will come: the case of casino high rollers!
Purpose Using the analogy of “If you build it, they will come” from the movie Field of Dreams, this study aims to draw on relational signaling and commitment–trust theories to examine the role of different types of trust (cognitive, affective and relational) in the relationship between relational-encounter quality and customer loyalty to service employees …
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Beyond 'single customer view': Player tracking's potential role in understanding and reducing gambling-related harm
Usage of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and on-line gambling is strongly associated with gambling-related harm. Player-tracking systems can monitor a gambler's activity across multiple sessions and/or operators, providing a clearer picture of the person's risk of harm with respect to these gambling formats and enabling harm reduction efforts …
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"Something that Belongs to All of Us": Beda Cornwall and the Las Vegas Public Library Campaign
Abstract: Following World War II, the City of Las Vegas was in desperate need of infrastructure improvements to serve its growing population …