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A proposed new law won’t require online casinos to pay back a share of profits to community organisations, with potentially dire consequences.
Toni Jordan’s novel Tenderfoot, a bracing, beautiful meditation on childhood, shares crossovers with her own life.
When the quest for attention meets a platform for edgy content, plenty can go wrong.
Offering people the chance to win a prize instead of only receiving their deposit back could incentivize more people to recycle more often.
Macau saw an influx of refugees during the war, with some going on to influence all facets of life in the territory.
The effects can be powerful enough, governments should consider regulating lights in casinos.
They may look like innocent collectibles, but blind box toys tap into powerful psychological mechanisms that, concerningly, keep people coming back for more.
This article looks at how crypto platforms really work. Instead of simply being digital marketplaces, these platforms are designed to profit from user losses.
The Albanese government now has the political capital to tackle Australia’s massive gambling problem – if it wants to.
As gambling companies increasingly target young people, many are becoming frustrated by a lack of government action to protect them from gambling harms.
Pokies are responsible for more than half of gambling problems in Australia. So why do politicians resist reform?
From the early settlers to those chasing gold in the 1850s, Australians have always been up for a punt.
Gambling companies are following a well-worn playbook, one mastered by the tobacco industry: trying to influence women.
‘Responsible gambling’ depicts gambling harm as an issue for a small minority of people: so-called problem gamblers.
Fewer Australians are now gambling but those who do gamble more frequently and spend more money.
Star has again secured a lifeline and staved of collapse in the near term. But there are bigger questions about the profitability of casinos in Australia in general.
There’s an urgent need to protect younger Australians, and in particular men, at greatest risk of gambling harm. Here is one effective way this can be achieved.
When it comes to political donations from alcohol and gambling companies, the Australian public is often in the dark, research shows, despite recent reforms.
If you only search in one location. there’s only a one in 143 billion chance of finding the hard drive.
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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