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Human Rights Treaties and Constitutional Block
This chapter provides a theoretical analysis, from the perspective of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, of some of the consequences that...
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Gaming-Gambling Convergence: Trends, Emerging Risks, and Legislative Responses
A convergence of gaming and gambling products, services, and platforms is presently drawing considerable policy debate. This convergence may be...
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Gambling Control and Public Health: Let’s Be Really Honest
This article examines Shaffer et al.’s (
2020 ) reaction to a Lancet paper that called for an effective public health approach to gambling. The paper... -
High Stakes: Children’s Exposure to Gambling and Gambling Marketing Using Wearable Cameras
Concerns continue to be raised about the ‘normalising’ influence of gambling and its marketing on children. This study sought to determine the nature...
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Can a Brief Telephone Intervention for Problem Gambling Help to Reduce Co-existing Depression? A Three-Year Prospective Study in New Zealand
Problematic gambling and depression commonly co-exist, with limited research indicating that depression and/or psychological distress appear to...
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A tale of two countries: comparing disability weights for gambling problems in New Zealand and Australia
PurposeThis study aimed to assess the impact of gambling problems on quality of life. Specifically, we generated disability weight estimates for...
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Patterns of Family and Intimate Partner Violence in Problem Gamblers
While the evidence about the statistical co-occurrence of family violence and problem gambling is growing, the mechanism by which the two behaviours...
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A national public health programme on gambling policy development in New Zealand: insights from a process evaluation
BackgroundIn New Zealand, a public health programme on gambling policy development is part of a national gambling harm reduction and prevention...
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Design and Methods of the New Zealand National Gambling Study, a Prospective Cohort Study of Gambling and Health: 2012–2019
This paper describes the design, sampling, recruitment, and data analysis of the prospective, nationally representative New Zealand National Gambling...
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Family violence in a sample of treatment-seeking gamblers: the effect of having dependent children
This study investigated the effect of problem gambler gender on the relationship between the gambler having dependent children (younger than...
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Gambling Participation, Expenditure and Risk of Harm in Australia, 1997–1998 and 2010–2011
Gambling-related harm results primarily from financial losses. Internationally Australia continues to rank as the largest spending nation per capita...
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Beyond Reno: a Critical Commentary on Hancock and Smith
This article provides commentary on Hancock and Smith’s examination of the Reno Model of responsible gambling (RG). Hancock and Smith (
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Gambling and Gambling Harm in New Zealand: a 28-Year Case Study
It has long been asserted that increased gambling availability leads to increased participation and harm (availability hypothesis). It has also been...
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Electronic Gaming Machine Characteristics: It’s the Little Things That Count
A range of gamblers, from low-frequency social gamblers through to problem gamblers in treatment, participated in focus groups discussing the...
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The Effects of Pop-up Harm Minimisation Messages on Electronic Gaming Machine Gambling Behaviour in New Zealand
In New Zealand a simple pop-up message feature that provides gambling session information and forces a break in play is mandatory on all electronic...
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Gender Differences Among Helpline Callers: Prospective Study of Gambling and Psychosocial Outcomes
Despite the increasing amount of empirical research on gambling helplines (e.g., characteristics, effectiveness), little is known about gender...
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Gambling and Problem Gambling in Victoria, Australia: Changes over 5 years
Rates of gambling and gambling-related harm fluctuate over time, influenced by availability, adaptation and demographic change, among other things....
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The Victorian Gambling Study (VGS) a Longitudinal Study of Gambling and Health in Victoria 2008–2012: Design and Methods
The Victorian Gambling Study 2008–2012 (VGS) is a large, multi-design study of gambling among Victorian adults aged 18 and older at baseline. The...
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Effects of Different Screening and Scoring Thresholds on PGSI Gambling Risk Segments
High quality gambling participation and prevalence studies are important to monitor and manage risks associated with an ever changing gambling...
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The Incidence of Problem Gambling in a Representative Cohort of Swedish Female and Male 16–24 Year-Olds by Socio-demographic Characteristics, in Comparison with 25–44 Year-Olds
We aimed to estimate the incidence of a first episode of problem gambling among Swedish 16–24 year-olds by demographic and socio-economic...
