February 2026
127 studies entered the index this month.
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The Algorithmic Dilemma: Online Gambling Blocking and Data Privacy in Indonesia's E-Government
The rapid proliferation of online gambling in Indonesia has prompted the Ministry of Communication and Informatics to implement large-scale algorithmic blocking measures, creating a critical tension between cybersecurity enforcement and citizen data protection …
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Prospects for legalizing decentralized prediction markets in the US on the example of the Polymarket case
The purpose of the study is to comprehensively assess the legal and economic prerequisites for integrating prediction markets into the US financial system, taking into account the regulation of derivative financial instruments, gambling legislation, and the characteristics of decentralized management models, as well as to determine the impact of …
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Promoting Rational Risk Engagement Through Feedback in a Gambling-Analog Learning Environment: A Pilot Study
The expansion of legalized gambling and gambling-like digital environments has increased youth exposure to uncertainty, underscoring the need for preventative approaches that promote rational risk decision-making …
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Online gambling Behaviour, mobile money payments, and financial well-being of college students in the selected higher education institutions (HEI) in Calapan city
This study examines the relationships between online gambling behavior, mobile money usage, and the financial well-being of 372 college students across the selected higher education institutions in Calapan City …
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Impulsivity and Gambling Addiction in Sports Toto-Playing Male College Students: The Role of Illusion of Control
본 연구에서는 충동성과 도박중독 수준의 관계에서 통제력 착각의 조절효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 온라인 패널을 통해 모집하였고, 스포츠 토토 참여 경험이 있는 만 19세 이상 전국의 남성 대학생 342명이었다. 연구 도구로 한국판 캐나다 문제도박척도, 한국판 다차원적 충동성 척도 및 비합리적 도박신념 척도를 사용하였다. 상관분석과 위계적 회귀분석을 실시한 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 충동성의 하위요인과 통제력 착각은 도박중독 수준과 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 둘째, 충동성과 통제력 착각은 도박중독 수준에 각각 유의한 주효과를 나타냈고, 이들의 상호작용 효과는 충동성의 일부 하위요인에서 제한적으로 확인되었다 …
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Gambling Control by the Jambi City, Indonesia Government from a Good Governance Perspective
This study analyzes the Jambi City Government's control over gambling practices from the perspective of good governance. The primary focus of this research is to assess the effectiveness of public policies and inter-agency coordination in responding to the evolving dynamics of gambling practices, including the shift toward online gambling …
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Factors Associated with Harm Experiences and Current Well-Being among Adult Children Exposed to Parental Gambling Disorder
본 연구는 부모의 도박중독으로 자녀가 경험한 피해 유형과 이에 영향을 미치는 부모의 도박 요인을 탐색하고, 부모 도박 요인과 자녀 피해 유형이 성인기 자녀의 현재 안녕감에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 만 19세 이상 성인 3,633명을 대상으로 온라인 조사를 실시하였으며, 이 중 부모의 도박중독을 보고한 250명의 자료를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 자녀가 경험한 주요 피해는 대인관계, 재정, 심리 및 정신건강 영역에서 높게 나타났다. 부모 도박 요인 중 도박 심각도, 지속 기간, 참여 종류 수가 자녀 피해 유형에 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 도박 심각도는 재정 피해를 제외한 대부분의 피해와 관련이 있었다 …
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Eksplorasi Faktor Psikologis yang Mendorong Remaja Terjerumus dalam Gambling Addiction
Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi faktor-faktor psikologis yang mendorong remaja terjerumus dalam kecanduan judi online, dengan fokus pada dimensi emosional, kognitif, dan sosial. Menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologis dengan metode studi kasus, kami meneliti pengalaman seorang remaja dari Kabupaten Kerinci, Provinsi Jambi …
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The Impact of Online Gambling on Family Resilience: An Islamic Law Perspective from the Riau Region of Indonesia
This study investigates the impact of online gambling on the resilience of Muslim families, with a particular focus on the Riau region of Indonesia, through the lens of Islamic law. The rapid growth of online gambling, driven by the accessibility and anonymity provided by digital technologies, has become a pressing concern for many families …
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Perceived Social Support as a Protective Factor against Gambling Ideation among Undergraduates in Southwest Niger
The rapid expansion of online gambling platforms in Nigeria has raised concerns about gambling ideation among university students.While social support is widely recognised as a buffer against risky behaviours, its specific relationship with gambling-related thoughts remains underexplored in African contexts.This study examined the relationship between …
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Online Gambling Crimes and Criminal Liability: Digital Jurisdiction Challenges in Cross-Border Cybercrime Cases in Batam
This study examines how digital jurisdiction can be applied to strengthen criminal liability for cross-border online gambling fraud operating through Batam's Free Trade Zone, a corridor directly adjacent to Singapore and Malaysia …
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Help-seeking for gambling problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the experiences of Norwegian help providers and their insights into gamblers
The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant societal disruptions, including changes in gambling availability, gambling behaviours, and demand for support services …
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Cutting the odds: Understanding non-suicidal self-injury patterns among people gambling online
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and gambling are considered notable public health challenges, each linked to emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, and heightened mental health risks. Although examined separately, their co-occurrence may reflect overlapping vulnerabilities …
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A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF RESOCIALISATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH GAMBLING DISORDER
The article presents the results of an empirical examination of a structural model of socio-psychological factors of resocialisation among gambling disorder patients in the post-rehabilitation period. The model examines resocialisation in the context of a coherent multilevel structure of factors …
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Sistem Klasifikasi Tingkat Resiko pada Pengguna Judi Online Berdasarkan Pola Perilaku dan Skor PGSI
Pertumbuhan pesat aktivitas perjudian online telah menimbulkan kekhawatiran signifikan karena dampak buruknya terhadap kesehatan mental, stabilitas finansial, dan fungsi sosial individu …
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Political Prediction Markets: Bad Law, but Good Policy?
Political prediction markets have been around in limited formats since 1988, but they recently returned to the public consciousness during the 2024 elections as platforms like Kalshi offered trades on the United States presidential and congressional races. The question is: are these trades legal? …
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Implications Of Law Enforcement Of Special Crimes Cybercrime Online Gambling Practices Based On Justice Values
Online gambling poses a serious threat in the cybercrime category due to its cross-border, anonymous, and difficult-to-trace nature. Although Indonesia has various regulations prohibiting gambling, law enforcement against online gambling practices still faces numerous challenges …
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Does the Habit Theory of Addictions Extend to Disordered Gambling?
Purpose Of Review: 'Habit theory' is a pervasive framework that describes addiction as a transition from goal-directed use (e.g. of drugs) to habitual response, accompanied by a neurobiological shift in fronto-striatal brain circuitry …
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Criminal Responsibility Of Owners Of Cross-Country Online Gambling Platforms In The Indonesian Legal System (Decision StudyMedan High Court No. 1018/PID/2023/PT MDN)
The development of information technology has shifted gambling practices from conventional forms to the digital sphere through websites and applications, giving rise to new patterns of crime that are fast, anonymous, and often involve infrastructure and controllers located outside Indonesia's jurisdiction …
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Substance and Behavioural Addictions Among Evacuees: Findings From Israeli Swords of Iron War
War-related evacuation is a stressful event that may cause mental health problems, which, in turn, might lead to increases in substance and behavioural addictions. We used data collected online during the Swords of Iron to examine associations between being evacuated during the war, mental health, problematic substance use, and behavioural addictions …
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Matraquage médiatique, addiction et risques sanitaires liés aux paris sportifs en ligne à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire): Media masking, addiction and health risks linked to online sports betting in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Étrange en apparence qu’une étude scientifique de se pencher sur la question des paris sportifs en ligne et de l’engouement qui s’est développement autour ces dernières années. Certainement, le contexte, les réformes et le déploiement du numérique y ont contribué. Nul besoin de se déplacer désormais pour être acteurs majeurs d’une compétition …
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Legal Analysis of the Imposition of Criminal Sanctions Against Online Gambling Perpetrators From the Perspective of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law
This study examines the legal analysis of imposing criminal sanctions on online gambling perpetrators from the perspective of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) …
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Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators of Online Gambling Crimes by the Cyber Crime Division of the North Sumatra Regional Police Criminal Investigation Unit
Discussion results conclude that impact online gambling usually impact on social, economic, psychological and other aspects enforcement law. Even in tracking related cash flows with online gambling that is necessary researched …
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Do Sportsbooks Accurately Price Money Line Odds?
Employing a unique NFL gambling dataset that includes both spread and money line data, we examine the disconnect in profitability between similar betting strategies across the two markets. If a naïve bettor wagered $110 on the favorite in every game against the spread (money line) he or she would, on average, lose $4.50 ($4.53) per game …
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Context matters: A meta-ethnography investigating barriers and facilitators for the effective implementation of gambling harm prevention and reduction policies
This meta-ethnography investigates how contextual factors influence the implementation and effectiveness of gambling harm prevention and reduction interventions. Despite growing recognition of gambling as a public health concern, many interventions focus on individual responsibility and lack evidence of effectiveness …
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Rob Manfred, Gambling, and Rearticulating “Baseball’s Best Interests”
For Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, gambling’s relationship with baseball has been a top priority …
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Efficacy and Safety of Psychoactive Tryptamines in Addiction: A Systematic Review
Psychedelics such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin have shown a beneficial effect on substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms …
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Mobile Gambling: Unexplored Risks to Children and Families
Gambling and sports betting have increased in popularity since the 2018 Supreme Court decision to allow states to authorize these industries to operate online. Although mobile gambling and sports betting are experienced as fun pastimes for some adults, evidence of downsides is mounting …
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Use of the Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale as a screening tool to identify latent risk in a gambling clinic sample
The current study explored the clinical utility of the Brief Suicide Cognitions Scale Q10 (B-SCS) in a sample of individuals seeking treatment for gambling problems but not experiencing an acute suicidal crisis (N = 80) …
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GOVERNANCE IN IMPROVING DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ONLINE GAMBLING IN THE MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS OF BOJONEGORO REGENCY
This study aims to comprehensively analyze the role of the Bojonegoro District Ministry of Religious Affairs in building public participation through strengthening digital literacy based on religious values as an effort to prevent online gambling …
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Online Personalized Normative Feedback to Foster Intention to Change and Help Seeking in Young Adults With Disordered Gambling and Trading Behaviors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Despite the availability of treatment options, help-seeking rates among individuals with gambling problems remain low. To reach a broader population of those affected by disordered gambling, online and self-guided interventions have been developed …
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Associations Between Gambling Motives and More Severe Gambling Disorder - Does Gender Matter?
Abstract Gambling Disorder (GD) is a behavioural addiction with complex, detrimental psychological, economic, and social consequences. Previous research has examined gender differences in the prevalence of distinct gambling motives and has linked gambling motives to at-risk behaviour …
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PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP ANAK DIBAWAH UMUR DARI JUDI ONLINE BEDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG PERLINDUNGAN ANAK
Online gambling can be categorized as a cybercrime,because its criminal acts are carried out using the internet and computers. The occurrence of online gambling stems from the misuse of technological advancements, where gambling is conducted without face-to-face interaction and can instead be done online …
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More frequent use of live sports-betting features is associated with increased risk of gambling harm: Evidence from a case-control design
Abstract Background Many theories of gambling harm propose that some design features of interactive sports-betting platforms confer a risk of harm by enabling cyclical patterns of repeated gambling engagement …
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Individual and Neighborhood Risk and Protective Factors of At-Risk and Problem Gambling: a Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems
This study investigated the relationship between lottery gambling and postal codes where this gambling occurs, along with individual-level characteristics predicting at-risk or problem gambling (ARPG) among Massachusetts residents …
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Health response to problematic usage of the internet: A global survey on trends, available treatments and key challenges
Abstract Background and Aims Problematic usage of the internet (PUI) is a growing global concern, emerging among more than 5.3 billion people who use the internet worldwide …
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Association between tobacco use, including heated tobacco products, and problem gambling: A cross-sectional study
Although smoking is a known risk factor for problem gambling, the relationship between heated tobacco products (HTPs), emerging tobacco products that are widely used in Japan, and problem gambling has not yet been examined. This study investigated the association between smoking behaviour, including HTP use, and problem gambling …
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The role of the police in the effort to take action against the criminal act of cockfighting gambling in the legal territory of buleleng resort police (case study in Banyuning Village)
This study aims to analyze law enforcement efforts against cockfighting gambling (Tajen) in Banyuning Village, Singaraja District, Buleleng Regency, and the obstacles encountered. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, primary data were collected through interviews with police officers, village officials, community leaders, and related actors …
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The metaphorical model “gambling → socio-political and economic realities” in Russian, English, and French media space: a cognitive aspect
The research aims to develop a typology of metaphors based on associations with gambling within Russian, English, and French socio-economic and political media space …
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Risk Factors Associated with Gambling in Young Adults: A Systematic Review Protocol
Background Gambling is increasingly getting recognised as a public health problem, with young adults (18-25) being identified as a particularly vulnerable group due to their ongoing neurodevelopment and increased exposure to spreading gambling environments …
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Negative correlation between habenular volume and duration of gambling disorder: Modulation by symptom severity and personality traits
Abstract Background and aims Gambling disorder (GD) patients continue to gamble despite negative consequences, and this behavior can be partly attributed to their insensitivity to failures and losses. GD may worsen over time and may stem from dysfunctions in the reward system and habenula, which encodes negative reward prediction errors …
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Do Casinos Boost Local Payroll Income and Employment? A Case Study of Arkansas
This paper investigates the economic impact of new casino openings on local payroll income and employment growth in Arkansas, following a 2018 constitutional amendment that authorized casino gaming in three cities. Applying the synthetic control method and utilizing the Internal Revenue Service tax return data on salaries and wages and the U.S …
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Deleuze’s Spinozist Gambler: Lessons on Games of Chance
At the end of Deleuze’s lectures on Spinoza of 1980–1981, he asks his students to “imagine a Spinozist gambler.” Yet he ends the course offering few clues about how to picture this figure. Here we provide an interpretation of the Spinozist gambler based on both its Spinozist conceptual context and its place in Deleuze’s broader philosophy of gambling play …
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Coupling of Pawnshop Building Distribution and Urban Spatial Structure in Macau via GIS and Space Syntax Analysis
Pawnshop buildings are places where pawn transactions are conducted. They are usually composed of a front shop and a back building, and their shape resembles a fortress. As a typical gambling city, pawnshops in Macau appeared as early as the Qing Dynasty …
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Identifying Predictors of Gambling Episodes and Craving Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Smartwatch-Based Physiological Measures: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study
Like other addictive behaviors, problem gambling is often chronic and relapsing. While digital interventions offer low-threshold treatment and support, their effectiveness is often limited by small effect sizes, low adherence, and high dropout rates …
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The Need for Benchmarks to Advance AI-Enabled Player Risk Detection in Gambling
Artificial intelligence-based systems for player risk detection have become central to harm prevention efforts in the gambling industry. However, growing concerns around transparency and effectiveness have highlighted the absence of standardized methods for evaluating the quality and impact of these tools …
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Regulatory Failures of the Corporate Casino Model: A Commentary on Anthony Cabot's Casino Redux
The corporatization of the casino industry represents one of gambling regulation’s great success stories. Through comprehensive licensing regimes, background investigations, and corporate ownership laws, regulators successfully displaced direct organized crime control that characterized mid-twentieth century casinos …
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Outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment of gambling disorder - lessons learned from Bavaria
Psychotherapeutic interventions are an effective treatment for gambling disorder (GD), yet little is known about their uptake in routine care settings …
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Is Overconfidence a Risk Factor for Excessive Trading?
Gambling and trading involve similar risks and can be practiced excessively. No study has addressed cognitive distortions in excessive trading during decision-making in experimental task, though the illusion of control is well established in gambling. Overconfidence, closely related to the illusion of control, may be a cognitive factor in excessive trading …
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DIGITAL POLICING OF THE DIRECTORATE OF CYBER CRIME (DITTIPIDSIBER) BARESKRIM POLRI IN HANDLING ONLINE GAMBLING AFTER THE NEW PENAL CODE
This research aims to analyze the digital policing of the Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) Bareskrim Polri in the handling of online gambling after the new Criminal Code …
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Betting your way out of losses: the profitability of gambling in oil futures markets
This study constructs a gambling preference index. Our primary objective involves examining the relationship between gambling preference and tail risk in crude oil futures. We further evaluate the profitability of portfolios built upon this preference …
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The association between gambling frequency and risk of harm: Analysis using health survey data from England and Scotland
Background And Aims: Health economic models can be used to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health policies for gambling. To develop such a model, we must understand how gambling behaviour is associated with risk of experiencing gambling-related harms …
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Responsible Gambling and Customer Loyalty, Satisfaction, Retention of Integrated Resort: Does Customer Awareness Matter?
Although many prior empirical studies have proved that corporate responsibility (CSR) has a positive effect on customer relationships, there is a lack of studies on integrated resorts (IRs), which have garnered increasing attention worldwide …
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PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PERILAKU PEMUDA YANG KECANDUAN JUDI ONLINE: IMPLIKASI BAGI PENDIDIKAN DASAR
The rapid development of digital technology has significantly transformed social life, particularly in the areas of entertainment and economic activities. One phenomenon that has increasingly emerged alongside this development is the widespread practice of online gambling among young people …
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Impacts of Increased Free-play on Casino Revenue and Visitation
This research seeks to measure the impact of increased promotional incentives on casino revenue and visitation frequency. Free-play has become the primary casino marketing expense in many of the world’s casinos, yet little is known about the efficacy of offers, or how customers respond to changes in existing offer levels …
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Gambling in a Developing Market
The study investigates how institutional voids influence the growth of online gambling platforms in Brazil, focusing on virtual casinos and sports betting. The research adopts non-participatory netnography as its methodology, combining observations on two selected platforms with analyses of search trends on Google Trends™ (2019–2024) …
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Gambling as a Rational Choice: When Does It Make Sense to Gamble?
This paper explores the rationality of gambling within a classical economy framework, where individuals are assumed to be risk-averse and aim to maximize their utility …
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Analisis Tuntutan Jaksa Penuntut Umum Terhadap Pelaku Tindak Pidana Judi Online (Studi Kasus Terdakwa Aditya Bin Noviar : Kejaksaan Negeri Agam)
The development of information technology has led to the emergence of new forms of crime, one of which is online gambling. Although it is strictly regulated in Articles 303 and 303 bis of the Criminal Code (KUHP), as well as Article 27 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph (2) of Law No …
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‘Betting with mates’: Gambling apps, masculinities and the financialisation of everyday life
The emergence of new digital technologies makes gambling more accessible than ever before. Whilst problem gambling is known to be a gendered issue predominantly impacting men, how young men use and understand gambling apps is not well understood …
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Diminishing loss sensitivity during risky decision-making among male individuals with gambling disorder
Abstract Background and aims Gambling disorder (GD) poses severe impacts on both individuals and society. Impairment in risky decision-making is a key behavioral characteristic of GD, but the underlying cognitive processes of these deficits remain unclear …
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Cue the sad trombone: UK gambling regulations have not prevented the misuse of celebratory sound effects in online slots
Abstract The UK has recently introduced regulations to prevent design features of online gambling products that may ‘encourage problem gambling behaviour’ …
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Tinjauan Hukum Islam tentang Promosi Dagang dengan Undian Hadiah (Studi Kasus pada Indomaret di Desa Air Jamban Kec. Mandau Kab. Bengkalis Provinsi Riau)
The practice of trade promotion using prize-draw schemes is a widely employed marketing strategy in modern retail, including at Indomaret, yet this mechanism raises legal concerns when examined from the perspective of Islamic law, particularly in relation to elements of gharar, maysir, and transactional justice …
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Problem Gambling Prevention for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults: a Narrative Literature Review
Numerous consequences of problem gambling (PG) affect individuals and families, so prevention of PG among the youngest is of high importance. This review points to the preventive interventions for children, adolescents and young adults based on multidimensional constructs to draw a comprehensive picture of this growing field …
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Preventing Children from Gambling as Perpetrators of Criminal Acts
This study aims to analyze whether the current criminal law formulation policy is adequate in tackling the development of gambling crimes, as well as to explain the applicable policies implemented in handling gambling cases, especially in the city of Sorong …
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The Prototype Willingness Model of Sports Betting: A Yearlong Within-Person Study of Young Adults
Burgeoning evidence of sports betting harms among young adults highlights the need to refine our understanding of psychosocial processes driving sports betting behavior …
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Relationship of Internet Addiction and Gambling Craving with Personality and Psychological Well-Being
The availability of the Internet in current society has brought about the development of Internet addiction and participation in online gambling …
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Occurrence and trajectories of psychiatric disorders in adults with gambling disorder: a longitudinal register-based study of the Finnish population
To determine the co-occurrence and temporal trajectories between gambling disorder (GD) and other psychiatric diagnoses in the Finnish population. Methods: Data were retrieved from two healthcare registers covering primary and specialized care, including 5,172 individuals aged 18 or over (3,720 males, 1,452 females) with diagnosed GD (ICD-10 code F63.0) …
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Incidence and predictors of problem gambling in first-episode psychosis: A prospective multicentre cohort study
Psychiatric comorbidities are common in first-episode psychosis (FEP) and hinder recovery. Problem gambling (PBG), despite potentially serious clinical consequences, remains under-investigated in this population. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of PBG in FEP and identify predictive factors …
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Does Stock Trading Resemble Gambling? A Volatility and Return Analysis of Indian Equity Market
The perception that stock trading resembles gambling is widespread, largely due to market volatility and the risk of financial loss. Gambling outcomes are primarily governed by chance, whereas stock trading operates within a structured financial system
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Development of lower-risk guidelines for online sports and race betting in Australia using objective behavioural data
Lower risk gambling guidelines provide clear, actionable advice for reducing the risk associated with gambling by specifying behaviour associated with non-harmful use …
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Determinants of gambling behavior among out-of-school adolescents in the Ibadan metropolis, Oyo state, Nigeria
Gambling is an activity that occupies different spaces and roles across different cultures. Gambling do not only lead to waste of resources but could also lead to depression, anxiety, restlessness, suicidal thought or suicide …
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The impact of gambling advertising on young people: identification of their latent attitudes and perceptions
The rise in gambling in Spain, especially among young people aged 18 to 35, has been accompanied by a strong increase in gambling advertising, which promotes risky behaviours associated with gambling. This study analyses the perceptions and attitudes of this group towards betting and gambling advertising and their relationship with gambling intention …
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Pertanggungjawaban Pidana Pelaku Cloning Website Berbasis Perjudian Online (Studi Kasus Putusan Nomor 2014/Pid.Sus/2024/PN Tng)
This study aims to analyze the criminal liability of perpetrators of cloning websites containing online gambling and to assess the conformity of Decision Number 2014/Pid.Sus/2024/PN Tangerang with the principles of legality and fault. The study uses a normative juridical method with a legislative and case approach …
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Juridical Analysis of Banking Authority In Blocking Accounts Indicated For Online Gambling: The Conflict Between The Prudential Principle and Customer Protection
This research examines the juridical clash between the mandatory authority of banks to block suspicious accounts and the constitutional rights of customers to legal certainty and property protection …
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Gambling, smoking and alcohol use in Great Britain: insights from the 2023 Gambling Survey of Great Britain
Gambling often co-occurs with tobacco smoking and alcohol use, which likely exacerbates the physical, psychological, and financial harm that each of them cause …
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A Mechanistic Model of the Wash Shuffle and Monte Carlo Exploration of its Impact on Card Shuffling in Texas Hold’em
In casino games using a standard deck of cards, a wash shuffle is sometimes performed prior to the rest of the card shuffling procedure. Unlike other methods of shuffling, the wash shuffle has not yet been well studied …
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When Gaming Becomes Like Gambling: The Role of Flow, Immersion, Craving, and Self-control in Risky Loot Box use among Polish gamers
Loot boxes are in-game items offering randomised rewards, often purchased with real money, and share structural similarities with gambling. Risky loot box use (RLBU) has been associated with gaming disorder (GD) symptoms, gambling-related cognitions, and financial harms. This study examined psychological correlates of RLBU in a sample of Polish gamers …
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Investigasi Fenomena Judi Online dan Determinan Perilaku Adiksi
Online gambling has emerged as a growing public health and social concern, particularly in developing countries with rapid digitalization such as Indonesia. Increased internet accessibility, mobile device usage, and financial technology services have facilitated the widespread adoption of online gambling across diverse age groups, including adolescents …
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Identifying behavioural addictions in endurance and ultra-endurance runners: a population at risk?
Behavioural addictions may negatively impact athletic performance and overall health. Little data exist on endurance runners …
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Deriving lower-risk gambling limits from data collected in four cross-sectional Finnish surveys
Abstract Background This article aims to examine the relationship between gambling participation and risk of gambling-related harms (GRHs) in Finland using four nationally representative cross-sectional datasets from 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. This study is linked with developing Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) …
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The Public Communication Campaign Strategy of The Ministry of Communication and Digital in Combating Online Gambling in Indonesia
Online gambling is a growing social problem in the digital era, negatively impacting society. The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi) plays a significant role in addressing this issue through public communication campaigns …
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Integrating cannabis and gaming: re-evaluating their business intersection
This paper examines the intersection of cannabis and gaming laws in the United States. A particular emphasis is placed on Nevada for its recognition as a leader in the gaming and cannabis industry …
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Corrigendum to 'Playing to extinction': the commercial determinants of gambling-related harm, suicidality and suicide, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific Volume 63, October 2025, 101685
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101685.].
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Audiovisual cues must be predictable and win-paired to drive risky choice
Risky or maladaptive decision making is thought to be central to the etiology of both drug and gambling addiction. Salient audiovisual cues paired with rewarding outcomes, such as the jackpot sound on a win, can enhance disadvantageous, risky choice in both rats and humans, yet it is unclear which aspects of the cue-reward contingencies drive this effect …
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The gambling landscape in Brazil: developing effective public health policies based on population survey data
To describe Brazil's evolving gambling landscape using data from the 2023 III BNADS, to estimate gambling prevalence and patterns, and to outline evidence-based public health strategies to reduce gambling-related harms.Methods: Data from the Third Brazilian National Alcohol and Drugs Survey (III BNADS), a nationally representative household survey, were …
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The Role of the Police in Combating Online Gambling Crimes (A Case Study of Decision Number 217/Pid.Sus/2025/PN.JKT.SEL)
The rapid growth of digital technology has intensified online gambling in Indonesia, posing complex challenges for law enforcement. This study analyzes the role of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) in handling online gambling crimes, focusing on the Komdigi employees case …
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Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of inhibitory control training for aggressive behaviours among individuals with co-occurring substance use disorder and gambling behaviour
Aggression, substance use, and gambling behaviour often co-occur in a larger pattern of dysregulated behaviour. One of the factors that may underlie this phenomenon is impaired inhibitory control. Inhibitory Control Training (ICT) is an alternative intervention being tested for addressing addictive behaviours by targeting inhibitory control …
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Online Sports Betting Is a Public Policy Issue and a Public Health Issue
This Viewpoint discusses the potential harms of online sports betting, gaps in prevention and treatment, and protective policy shifts.
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Mobile Phone Craving in Spain: Associations with Impulsivity, Anxiety, Gaming Problem, and Gambling Severity
Craving for mobile phone use is increasingly discussed as a relevant feature of problematic engagement with digital technologies. This population-based study of 1601 Spanish adults examined psychological factors (impulsivity traits and affective symptoms) and behavioral correlates linked to mobile phone craving …
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Identifying Key Correlates of Problem Sports Betting in Young Adults: A Machine Learning Approach
Problem sports betting is an increasing public health concern, especially among young adults who are developmentally vulnerable to gambling-related harm. Although past studies have identified correlates of sports betting harm, most have not accounted for the potential influence of wide ranges of other variables in multivariable models …
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Helping Others Promote Engagement in Gambling Support (HOPE-Gam): a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
Problem gambling (PG) causes significant harm yet help-seeking rates remain low. Concerned significant others (CSOs) may play a pivotal role in motivating treatment-refusing gamblers to seek help. The Helping Others Promote Engagement in Gambling Support (HOPE-Gam) intervention was developed to support CSOs in this role …
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Exploring the Social Lives of Older Long‐Term Hong Kong Immigrants in Australia: Insights From Casinos and Churches
ABSTRACT While formal social services are crucial for fostering social connections and enhancing well‐being, older long‐term Chinese immigrants often underutilise them. Moreover, the social lives of such immigrants in alternative social settings remain underexplored …
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UPPS-P Impulsivity, Momentary Affect, and Gambling: An Experience Sampling Method Study
Examine the relations among UPPS-P impulsigenic traits (i.e., Negative and Positive Urgency, Lack of Premeditation, Lack of Perseverance, Sensation Seeking) and momentary affect with gambling behaviors in daily life …
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The Cost of Gambling Investors: Evidence from Reverse Splits
This study provides evidence that gambling investors embed a lottery premium into stock valuations. I use the fraction of opposing votes on 431 U.S. reverse stock split proposals as a proxy for the proportion of gambling investors in each firm (the gambling investor concentration, or GIC) …
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Online Gambling Promotion From the Perspective of Positive Law and Islamic Criminal Law: A Case Study of the Jambi Regional Police
Abstrak Penelitian ini berangkat dari maraknya promosi judi online yang memanfaatkan media sosial dan platform digital sebagai sarana penyebaran konten bermuatan perjudian …
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Neurocognitive functioning in gambling: A systematic review of comparisons with other psychiatric and comorbid conditions
Background/Objectives: Gambling Disorder is recognized as a behavioural addiction with clinical and neurobiological similarities to substance use disorders and overlaps with other psychiatric conditions and comorbidities …
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Gambling disorder in a university hospital setting: a retrospective analysis of patient characteristics
Gambling Disorder (GD), classified within the behavioral addiction spectrum, has gained increasing clinical attention; however, studies examining its psychiatric comorbidities and sociodemographic correlates in Türkiye remain limited …
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Empowering Vocational Students: Developing a Culture of Legal Awareness at State Vocational High School 2 Temanggung
Juvenile delinquency problems, such as brawls, drug abuse, and cybercrime (including cyberbullying and online gambling), often involve Vocational High School (SMK) students, indicating low legal awareness (legal literacy) …
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The impact of improper promotion of sports lottery on the harm of purchasing sports lottery: an intermediary in a regulatory chain
To explore the relationship between the improper promotion of lottery games and the harm caused by lottery players' purchase of lottery tickets, as well as the chain mediating role of the compulsive tendency of lottery purchase addiction, bad lottery purchase behaviors, and responsible lottery purchase beliefs …
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Planning and problem solving across multiple psychiatric disorders in young adults
Planning and problem solving, subdomains of executive functioning, are important for daily functioning and clinical outcomes. Although executive functioning encompasses several domains, whether planning-specific deficits are a transdiagnostic feature across psychiatric disorders remains unclear …
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Parental Influence on Adolescent Gambling: the Role of Communication, Rules, and Social Support
Abstract Adolescent gambling has reached unprecedented levels in recent years, warranting research attention due to its links with other risk behaviors and mental health issues. This study focuses on the risk and protective factors in parent-adolescent relationships affecting gambling behaviors in Swedish adolescents …
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Cash or Crash: Return to Player Percentages and Expected Value of Crash Games
Crash games are a new type of casino game offered on some online gambling sites. The first crash game was created by the online cryptocurrency casino Bustabit. Other cryptocurrency casinos started offering their own versions of crash games. Now mainstream online casinos have developed their own crash games—notably Rocket by DraftKings …
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Algorithms for Loot Box Design
From Loot Boxes to Better Design: Pricing Randomized Products Randomized rewards—often described as “mystery packs” or “blind-box” mechanics—are now a familiar feature in many video games. Yet choosing a loot box’s price and the odds of each possible drop is not just a design decision; it is a challenging optimization problem …
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Reducing gambling harm through digital self-help intervention: a pilot study in mild to moderate gambling disorder
Gambling Disorder (GD) is associated with significant personal and social harms, yet most individuals, especially those with mild to moderate symptoms, do not seek treatment. Online interventions offer an accessible and resource-efficient approach, but their cultural fit and feasibility across contexts remain unclear …
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Mindfulness-based interventions for gambling disorder: A systematic review
Abstract Background and Aims Gambling disorder (GD) presents significant psychological, financial, and social consequences. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as promising adjunctive treatments. However, the evidence base remains heterogeneous …
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Public Health Threats Sometimes Come From Unanticipated Places
The rapid expansion of online sports betting is an emerging public health threat, particularly for young adult men. Online sports betting has links to financial instability, relationship strain, and problematic gambling behaviors …
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Modelling the economic effects of reducing the consumption of unhealthy commodities: An inter-sectoral input-output approach
Industry arguments against public health policies that reduce the consumption of unhealthy commodities often include the assertion that the policy will harm the economy by reducing production and costing jobs …
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Loot boxes – gambling-like mechanisms hidden in digital games A narrative review of psychological processes, addiction risk, and regulation
Streszczenie Loot boxy stały się powszechnym sposobem monetyzacji gier cyfrowych. Celem artykułu jest przegląd ich związków z mechanizmami zbliżonymi do hazardu, ryzykiem uzależnienia oraz regulacjami prawnymi. Materiał i metody Artykuł ma charakter narracyjnego, integrującego przeglądu badań empirycznych i dokumentów instytucjonalnych …
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Examining Muslim’s Boycott Behaviour toward Online Gambling Products: The Roles of Religious Beliefs, Product Judgment, and Digital Marketing Interactions
This study examines Muslim consumers’ boycott behaviour toward online gambling products by integrating religious beliefs, product judgment, and digital marketing interactions within a structural model …
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‘Gambling products are designed to be addictive’: an experimental comparison of counter-industry gambling harm prevention messages
Abstract The gambling industry tends to frame gambling harms as a matter of personal responsibility, which is implicit in their messages like ‘gamble responsibly’ or ‘take time to think’. Jurisdictions such as Australia and the UK are replacing industry messages with a range of independently designed ones, like in tobacco warning labels …
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The Transformation of Macao’s Gaming Industry: Policy, Law and the End of the “Junkets”
Abstract: This article situates Macao’s sweeping gaming law reforms from 2022 to 2024, the first substantial revision of the casino framework in over two decades, within China’s evolving governance and economic priorities …
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Regulation of lottery revenue distribution in the lottery legislation system: Analysis of international experience
Aim. This work aimed to substantiate approaches to examining international experience in distributing revenue from organizing and conducting state lotteries as an appropriate basis for identifying the most effective models for regulating lottery activities. Objectives …
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Poverty Alleviation Among the Younger Generation Through the Prevention of Online Gambling and Financial Literacy Based on Communication for Development in East Kotawaringin Regency
Poverty remains a structural challenge in Indonesia, particularly in rural areas of East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan. The rapid growth of digital-based online gambling has increased socio-economic vulnerability among young people aged 15–24, especially students and out-of-school youth from low-income households with limited financial literacy …
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MENAKAR UNSUR GHARAR DAN MAYSIR DALAM INVESTASI ASET DIGITAL: STUDI HUKUM EKONOMI SYARIAH TERHADAP KRIPTO FAN NFT
The advancement of digital technology has introduced new financial instruments such as cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), which present both investment opportunities and challenges in the context of Islamic legal and ethical frameworks …
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Kalshi and the Rise of Macro Markets
Prediction markets offer a new market-based approach to measuring macroeconomic expectations in real-time. We evaluate the accuracy of prediction market-implied forecasts from Kalshi, the largest federally regulated prediction market overseen by the CFTC …
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Judi Online sebagai Ancaman Keamanan Non-Tradisional: Analisis Strain Theory dan Respon Negara Indonesia terhadap Adiksi Digital
This study examines online gambling as an emerging non-traditional security threat in Indonesia by integrating criminological perspectives, Strain Theory and General Strain Theory, with a state-centric approach in International Relations …
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Hot Hand Effects: Analyzing MLB Starting Pitchers in Daily Fantasy Sports and Betting Markets
This study investigates the existence and market response to the “hot hand” effect among Major League Baseball starting pitchers. Using a novel methodology that classifies pitchers as hot, cold, or neutral based on context-adjusted recent performance, we find strong evidence that short-term streaks predict daily fantasy sports (DFS) outcomes …
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Digital Financial Compliance Challenges: Applying Routine Activity Theory to Online Gambling Networks Analysis
This study examines Indonesia's Financial Intelligence Unit (INTRAC) "follow the money" investigative techniques through Routine Activity Theory, analyzing criminal convergence in online gambling money laundering operations …
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Casinos que cuiden a los pobres: la emergencia de un dispositivo de comercialización del juego en Santa Fe entre la crítica, el desarrollo y el pragmatismo
Durante las últimas décadas asistimos a un proceso de expansión de la oferta comercial de juegos de azar de escala global. Sin embargo, las impugnaciones morales que históricamente pesaron sobre esta actividad no desaparecieron …