Does self-exclusion work and how should it work?
As idPair prepares to launch a national self-exclusion tool for the entire US market, City University of London is drafting global standards of best practice
As idPair prepares to launch a national self-exclusion tool for the entire US market, City University of London is drafting global standards of best practice
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp Director Aaron GlynWilliams spoke at the Player Protection Symposium, New York about a tricky balancing act
The Game Safety Institute co-founders Simo Dragicevic and Sarah Ramanauskas say operators need more than a responsible gambling ad campaign to avoid a regulatory clampdown With the legalization of online sports betting (OSB) in 38 of 50 US states and the growth of an online gambling market that is expected to reach $40bn by 2028,…
Keith Whyte, the Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, delivers a refreshingly frank interview on the state of responsible gambling in the US
This paper explores how diverse forms of sports wagering are related to engagement in and symptoms of addiction to a variety of behaviours and substances. What are the associations between various forms of sports betting frequency (ie. traditional fantasy sports play, daily fantasy sports play, traditional sports betting, and e-sports betting) and frequency of various…
Recent US Supreme Court rulings, increased promotion of fantasy and daily fantasy sports, and the rise of e-sports have all fuelled new avenues for US individuals to gamble on sports. Even so, research in this domain has lagged in the US. To address this lag, this research examina four categories of sports-wagering behaviours: (1) general…
This research sought to test links between trait impulsivity, a known risk factor for addictive behaviours generally and problem gambling specifically, and specific forms of sports gambling. Key findings: There was consistent evidence that impulsivity is related to all aspects of sports gambling, from past year involvement generally, to depth and breadth of engagement, to…
The 21st century has brought substantial changes to the manners in which people gamble and the types of things on which people gamble. These changes are particularly stark in the United States, where, over the past five years, sports betting has gone from being legal in only one location to being legal throughout the majority…
New research from professors at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of New Mexico has found that sports bettors are more likely to indulge in binge drinking than people who do not gamble. The research forms part of a two-year body of research carried out by the Behavioral Addictions Lab at…
Belgium has introduced a list of changes to its 1999 Gambling Act, the majority of which are expected to come into force starting June. Officially published in the Belgian State Gazette, the amendments aim to introduce a stricter gambling regime to the country with the goal of protecting players susceptible to gambling harm. As reported by casinonieuws.nl,…