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Prediction markets are becoming mainstream, bringing gambling risks and a novel source of political information to public life.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says skill games are gambling. As lawmakers rush to tax them, a CMU scholar says the debate skips a more fundamental question.
By adding friction and making it possible for people around problem gamblers to see what they’re up to, a cash requirement could protect them from big losses.
Prediction markets offer the chance to speculate on the outcome of a sports match or election.
The Greens’ longest serving federal politician said politics ‘isn’t working’ for ordinary voters and all parties need to do better at addressing their grievances.
Authorities in Greek and Roman times tried hard to put limits on gambling. They weren’t particularly successful.
What are betting inducements, which are a key sticking point in the government’s gambling reform bill?
Anthony Albanese will negotiate with both the Coalition and the Greens to try and pass crucial legislation this week.
Wealthsimple is launching a CIRO-approved prediction markets app soon. The evidence suggests most traders lose money, and the products look a lot like gambling.
Explosive allegations of betting inducements have been heard at a Senate inquiry into online gambling laws.
Australian state governments have spent years making up funding shortfalls by bringing in billions in gambling revenue.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says skill games are gambling. As lawmakers rush to tax them, a CMU scholar says the debate skips a more fundamental question.
Research shows young Australians are most at risk of experiencing gambling harm.
Long-time gambling reform advocate Andrew Wilkie says a reason the government is being timid on the issue is because of close relationships with affected industries.
An analysis of Lotto entries shows many players gravitate to the same number combinations, increasing prize sharing and reducing value.
If you are a parent of kids who love blind boxes, you might be worried about how the game of luck echoes gambling.
Betting has turned passion into a transaction, with poor families in Brazil and elsewhere spending money that could have gone to food, transport, diapers, electricity, or rent.
Australia’s gambling epidemic will likely continue because the government has only half-heartedly agreed to do more to protect Australians.
A formal government response to a federal inquiry into online gambling harm may be tabled while the parliament is looking elsewhere.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, (currently Vice-Chancellor at MILA University, Malaysia), University of Nottingham
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
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Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology, Swansea University
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Institute for Health Transformtion, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer (Geographic Information Systems), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia