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.
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Authorities in Greek and Roman times tried hard to put limits on gambling. They weren’t particularly successful.
The new legislation tinkers around the edges rather than making bigger changes to really tackle gambling harm.
After striking an agreement with the opposition, the government agreed to somewhat toughen its original plan on the legislation.
What are betting inducements, which are a key sticking point in the government’s gambling reform bill?
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.
Australia’s gambling epidemic will likely continue because the government has only half-heartedly agreed to do more to protect Australians.
Anthony Albanese’s new gambling reforms promise much but are really a cautious, politically palatable compromise.
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now.
As gambling companies increasingly target young people, many are becoming frustrated by a lack of government action to protect them from gambling harms.
Fewer Australians are now gambling but those who do gamble more frequently and spend more money.
There are deep historical and immediate political reasons why the online gambling advertising legislation has been bogged down.
On the government's proposed misinformation and disinformation reforms, Coleman is trenchant in his criticism.
When the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting, states were quick to get in on the action. But as lawmakers grow reliant on taxes from betting, what do they owe problem gamblers?
The Victorian government has announced major reforms intended to reduce harm caused by poker machines.
If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
Our research absolutely does not ‘state very clearly that cash has big advantages for gamblers’.
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