Gambling Research Index

New research / Archive

November 2026

13 studies entered the index this month.

  1. Mathematical analysis of a reaction-diffusion gambling information diffusion model

    This study develops and analyses a non-linear reaction–diffusion model for information spread, motivated by gambling-related information diffusion …

  2. All In: A Casino-Themed Emergency Medicine Conference Day

    Audience: The target audience includes individuals involved in the education and training of emergency medicine (EM) residents, such as program directors, assistant program directors, core faculty, and academic attendings, as well as learners including residents, physician assistant (PA) fellows, and medical students (MS) …

  3. Value investing and gambling: An asset pricing model integrating Q-theory and salience theory

    Grounded in investment Q-theory, we treat industry discount rates as proxies for value-investment opportunities and use salience theory to measure gambling behaviour, integrating both into a novel asset pricing model – the ST-ICAPM – which we evaluate across Chinese industries from 2014 to 2023 …

  4. Understanding Betting Risks among Urban Youth in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Qualitative Ethnographic Study

    Sports betting has expanded across sub-Saharan Africa, increasingly intersecting with young people’s aspirations, technological accessibility, and economic insecurity. Although awareness of gambling-related risks may influence young people’s decisions, recognising such risks does not necessarily lead to cessation of betting …

  5. Sporda Bahis Teması Üzerine Küresel Araştırma Trendlerinin Bibliometrik Analizi

    Bu çalışmada R programlama dilinde Biblioshiny ara yüzü kullanılmış, konu üzerine yapılan araştırmaların bibliometrik özellikleri analiz edilmiştir …

  6. On the ethics of utilizing prediction markets for forecasting hydrological catastrophe

    As peer-to-peer prediction markets increasingly allow real-money wagering on environmental events, public scientific agencies are being drawn into the role of financial “settlement oracles,” the designated sources of truth against which contracts resolve …

  7. A Juridical Analysis of the Criminal Act of Web Defacement Involving Online Gambling via SEO Poisoning on Government Websites: A Review under the ITE Law and the Criminal Code

    Rapid advancements in information technology and digital transformation have catalyzed complex modern cybercrimes, prominently Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Poisoning and Web Defacement targeting critical government and public sector infrastructure …

  8. Social comparison and risky loot box use in video games: The roles of relative deprivation, perceived superiority, and perceived luck

  9. Navigating Uncertainty in Loot Box Purchase Decisions: Budget Constraints and Perceived Utility

    Purpose – This study aims to understand how university students consider budget constraints, perceive the utility of digital items, and make loot box purchase decisions under uncertain outcomes. Design/Methodology/Approach – The study employed a qualitative descriptive-exploratory design …

  10. Beyond the Individual: Rethinking Public Health Approaches to Gambling‐Related Harm

    ABSTRACT Public health approaches to gambling‐related harm have increasingly shifted from individual pathology to population‐level frameworks. However, these approaches remain under strain, as they continue to individualize harm while attempting to address broader structural conditions …

  11. Social identification on gambling websites as a correlate of gambling problems: A global cross-national study

    Background The global expansion of online gambling highlights gaps in our understanding of the social psychological mechanisms in digital environments that are associated with gambling-related harm …

  12. Implementation of Deep Learning Using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) for a Web-Based Online Gambling Advertisement Detection System

    The widespread distribution of online gambling advertisements on digital platforms has become a significant issue requiring an automated detection system. This study aims to implement Deep Learning using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) architecture to detect online gambling advertisements within a web-based environment …

  13. A systematic review on cognitive distortions in gambling activities and gambling disorder

    Publication date: Available online 30 October 2026 Source: Addictive Behaviors Author(s): Colleen Verwacht, Nellia Bellaert, Aurélien Cornil, Thomas Brihaye, Federico Cassioli, Mandy Rossignol