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There were 1.39m gambling ads on television in 2012.
The greyhound industry has been numerous opportunities to reform like any other industry. But it failed and that why it deserves to be shut down.
The huge numbers of unwanted dogs killed by the greyhound racing industry has led the New South Wales government to outlaw the sport.
There is a coterie of politicians on both sides who are trusted, or at any rate supported by, the pokies lobby.
Polls suggest that Nick Xenophon’s team will win a bag of Senate seats. Along with a re-elected Andrew Wilkie, and the Greens, will there be enthusiasm for gambling reform in the next parliament?
A games experts explains the more complex ways to gamble on Euro 2016 and what the risks are.
The Nick Xenophon Team is to this election what the Palmer United Party was to the 2013 one. It is potentially the ‘next big new thing’ in the Senate.
But always gamble responsibly…
Are regular bettors and the house helped or hurt when deep-pocketed, high-volume computer-assisted bettors are wagering? Mathematicians used game theory to model this new wrinkle in parimutuel betting.
Computers could help Blackjack players get much better at card counting in the future.
Online wagering is likely to be very harmful to a new generation of gamblers who habitually use mobile devices. It has the capacity to be very high intensity.
The desire to fritter away our pay packet on the roll of a dice may not be hardwired at all. So where does it come from?
Lottery-linked accounts helped England wage its Nine Years’ War in the 17th century. Could it help the rest of us save more money today?
Why two-thirds of the adult population in the UK bet on this annual horse race.
The controversy over gambling companies and sport masks a much bigger problem most of us seem ok with.
Coming into a fortune is definitely not the route to happiness. Here’s what you can do to stay chipper.
The tennis world is the latest sport to be rocked by allegations of corruption, this time by reports of match fixing. So who are the winners and losers when such allegations are made?
A mathematician looks at the odds.
Online in-play betting is likely to be a big growth area for the bookies, and consequently for TV stations. If legalised, what harm might this bring?
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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