Research shows young Australians are most at risk of experiencing gambling harm.
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Despite gambling ad bans during live sport in Australia, many World Cup viewers are still being bombarded with betting ads and marketing content.
A formal government response to a federal inquiry into online gambling harm may be tabled while the parliament is looking elsewhere.
At some point, Australia must accept that it is time to break the chokehold commercial gambling has on this country.
Despite the harm it can cause, gambling is often defended because it returns money to the community. So why is the racing industry largely exempt?
Anthony Albanese states he’s taken more action on problem gambling than any government since Federation. How does this claim stack up?
Different messages are more effective for different audiences.
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now.
New research shows Australian gambling harms, including suicide, may have been systematically under reported.
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.
Women have historically been excluded from sports gambling, both physically and socially. But there are signs wagering companies are trying to change that.
Many migrants, including those in the NT, experience financial, social and emotional pressures. These sometimes lead them to gambling as a means of socialisation or stress relief.
Two key factors mean some gambling forms are more harmful than others: the speed of betting, and bet size.
It’s another step in the ‘gamblification’ of sport.
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Institute for Health Transformtion, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Principal Research Fellow - Gambling and Suicide, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology, Swansea University
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Research Professor of Clinical Health, University of Memphis
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Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Statistics, CQUniversity Australia
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Research Fellow, Young Men's Digital Health, Flinders University
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University of Sydney