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• Catalyst or circuit-breaker? A prospective study to assess COVID-19’s effects on relationships between gambling availability, gambling and harmful gambling, and social, psychological and financial wellbeing

  Nerilee Hing,1 Alex M. T. Russell,1 Matthew Rockloff,1 Matthew Browne,1 Vijay Rawat,1 Gabrielle Bryden,1 Nancy Greer,1 Hannah Thorne.1 Philip Newall,2 Nicki Dowling,3 Stephanie Merkouris,3 (2023)

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — June 2024

  This study explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on gambling in Australia due to changes in the availability and access to gambling. There were four major aims of the study:

  1. Examine behaviour change

  2. Determine the characteristics of gamblers

  3. Identify the characteristics of gamblers who transitioned into levels of harmful gambling

  4. Identify the characteristics of gamblers who ceased gambling and the associated impacts on their wellbeing.

  A longitudinal study of participants who gambled prior to the lockdowns was conducted over three waves in May 2020, May 2021 and May 2022.

  • COVID-19
  • pokies

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• Experiences of venue-based EGM gamblers during COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions: Did they return to venues to gamble or substitute alternate activities?

  Hare, S and Robinson, N (2023)

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — May 2024

  Experiences of venue-based EGM gamblers during COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions: Did they return to venues to gamble or substitute alternate activities?

  Hare, S and Robinson, N (2023)

  This study explores the experiences during the COVID-19 lockdowns in Victoria, Australia, of people who previously used electronic gaming machines (EGMs) at land-based venues. It focuses on whether they substituted alternative activities for gambling and if they returned to venues after restrictions were lifted. It also considers the psychological and financial effects of COVID, perceptions of the effects of EGM venue closures, experiences of coping with gambling urges, and how these influenced decisions to return to EGM venues.

  • COVID-19
  • pokies
  • research

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• Electronic gaming machine environment study – Wave 2 summary

  Duffy, L

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — May 2024

  This study provides a snapshot of the Victorian gambling venue environment and the attitudes and behaviours of customers and staff. Data was collected via surveys of pokies users and gambling venue staff. Findings from this study will inform the ongoing review and improvement of harm minimisation policies and approaches in Victorian gaming venues.

  • pokies
  • research

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• Exploring the relationship between alcohol use and gambling participation and their impacts on associated harms

  Smit, K, Jiang, H, Rockloff, M, Room, R, MacLean, S, Dwyer, R, Laslett, AM

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Melbourne — May 2024

  This short report explores the relationship between alcohol use and gambling participation and their associated harms in Victoria. It describes the groups most commonly participating in drinking and gambling, studies the relationship between alcohol use, gambling participation and harm, and looks into this relationship in different demographic and socio-economic populations.

  • research

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• Annual report 2022–2023

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — November 2023

  The Foundation's 2022–2023 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Thursday 16 November 2023.

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• The Gambling Harms Scales: Instruments to assess impact to gamblers and affected others that are benchmarked to health utility

  Browne, M, Newall, P, Rawat, V, Tulloch, C, Rockloff, M, Li, E, Hing, N, Russell, A, Begg, S

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — May 2023

  This project set out to develop and validate new measures of gambling-related harm for both people who gamble, and those affected by someone else’s gambling.

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• Experiences and perceptions of gamblers using gambling, mental health and alcohol and other drug use online forums: A natural language processing approach

  Merkouris, S. S., Youssef, G. J., Dowling, N. A. & Rodda, S. N.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2023

  In this report, the researchers explored the experiences and perceptions of people who gamble, using online forums in Australia, the UK and the USA.

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• From adolescence to young adulthood: Associations between simulated and traditional gambling, and the role of parental factors

  Russell, AProf Alex M T., Hing, Prof Nerilee, Newall, Dr Philip, Greer, Nancy, Dittman, Dr Cassandra K.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2023

  This study looks at whether simulated gambling can act as a gateway to traditional gambling among young people. It also explores how parents, other family members, and friends influence both simulated and traditional gambling behaviour.

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• The receptivity of young people to gambling marketing strategies on social media platforms

  Pitt, H, McCarthy, S, Rintoul, A & Thomas, S

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2023

  This study examined marketing strategies used by sports betting brands on social media, with a focus on their potential to appeal to young people.

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• Discussion paper: Gambling harm and the online gambling environment

  Brett Hetherington and Tony Phillips

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — February 2023

  This discussion paper draws on the findings of Foundation-funded and other academic studies, market research and public discourse, as well as policy and regulatory responses such as the National Consumer Protection Framework. In so doing, the Foundation has sought to highlight current issues, challenges and opportunities with regard to preventing and reducing the risk of harm in the online gambling environment.

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• Annual report 2021–2022

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2022

  The Foundation's 2021–2022 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday 20 December 2022.

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• Prevention Grants for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities evaluation

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

  October 2022

  This document provides a summary of the evaluation on the Prevention Grants for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities 2018 (the Program).

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• Prevention Grants for Regional and Rural Victoria 2018-19 evaluation report summary

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

  October 2022

  This document provides a summary of the Prevention Grants for Regional and Rural Victoria 2018-19 (the Program) evaluation findings.

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• Recognition and responses to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Gambler’s Help services: A qualitative study

  Cowlishaw, S., O’Dwyer, C., Sbisa, A., Metcalf, O., Couineau, A., O’Donnell, M., Suomi, A.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2022

  Through interviews with 20 Gambler’s Help staff from Victoria and South Australia, this study explored the potential role gambling help services can play in the identification and response to clients who had either experienced or used violence in their intimate relationships.

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• Gambling harm experienced by children of parents who gamble

  Suomi, A., Lucas, N., Dowling, N., Delfabbro, P.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2022

  Through surveys and interviews, this study seeks to better understand the harm experienced by children that can be attributed to their parents’ gambling.

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• Gambling problems, risk factors, and implications in Australian veterans

  Dr Olivia Metcalf, Dr Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Ms Jenelle Baur, Dr Miranda Van Hooff, Professor David Forbes, Professor Meaghan O’Donnell, Ms Nicole Sadler, Dr Stephanie Hodson, Ms Helen Benassi, Dr Tracey Varker, Professor Malcolm Battersby, et al

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2022

  Utilising responses from over 3500 transitioned Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, this is believed to be the first comprehensive study of gambling problems in recently transitioned veterans in Australia.

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• Prevention Partnerships Program evaluation report summary 2017 - 2019

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2022

  This document provides a summary of the Prevention Partnership Program evaluation findings from July 2017 to June 2019.

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• Addressing gambling harm to affected others: a scoping review

  Dowling, N. A., Hawker, C. O., Merkouris, S. S., Rodda, S. N., and Hodgins, D. C.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2022

  This scoping review of more than 80 studies considers the gambling-related harms experienced by affected others: family members, partners, friends, and colleagues of individuals with gambling problems.

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• What is the impact of cashless gaming on gambling behaviour and harm?

  Hare, S

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2021

  Cashless gaming involves the use of non-cash gaming tokens for land-based gambling. This report reviews literature covering gambling research, consumer behaviour and cognitive psychology, to examine the possible effects of cashless gaming from a gambling harm-minimisation perspective.

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• Gen bet: a plain English summary of research into gambling and young people

  Luke Duffy

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2021

  This summary paper discusses how the gambling environment, marketing and the attitudes of family and friends influence the way young people feel and behave when it comes to gambling. It draws on a range of Australian and international research.

  • advertising
  • sports betting
  • young people

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