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• Gambling and homelessness among older people: an exploratory study

  Vandenberg, B, O’Brien, K, Livingstone, C, Carter, A

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2021

  This exploratory study reviews existing research literature, and undertakes a qualitative empirical investigation of gambling and homelessness among older people (aged 50+ years) in Victoria, Australia.

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• Gambling advertising and promotions before, during and after the initial COVID-19 lockdown and sports shutdown in Australia

  Russell, Dr A, Hing, Prof. N

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2021

  The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the gambling industry through the temporary suspension of almost all sports codes world-wide, and the closure of hotels, clubs, casinos and betting shops. This study sought to measure the change in gambling industry advertising and promotion strategies caused by the pandemic, and their impact on consumers.

  • advertising
  • sports betting

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• Gambling and video games: are esports betting and skin gambling associated with greater gambling involvement and harm?

  Greer, N, Rockloff, M, Russell, Alex M. T.

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2021

  This research is some of the first to-date that examines esports betting and skin gambling in Australia, and addresses whether video gamers and esports viewers are being exposed to gambling opportunities, and resultant harms.

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• Victorian population gambling and health study 2018–2019

  Rockloff, M, Browne, M, Hing, N, Thorne, H, Russell, A, Greer, N, Tran, K, Brook, K & Sproston, K

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — May 2020

  This report details results from a large general population survey on gambling participation, gambling problems and gambling-related harm in the state of Victoria, Australia conducted between September 2018 and January 2019.

  The study is the third of its kind in Victoria. Previous studies were conducted in 2014 and 2008. The latest study differs from earlier surveys in that it includes new elements that better align the investigation with a public health approach through the consideration of gambling harm in the broader community.

  The study involved a mobile phone and landline survey of 10,638 randomly selected Victorians adults.

  • community
  • comorbidity
  • stigma
  • treatment

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• Australian young women's gambling behaviours: A socio-cultural investigation of gambling attitudes, beliefs, and consumption intentions

  Thomas, S, Pitt, H, Randle, M, McCarthy, S, Daube, M, Bestman, A & de Moel, C

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — April 2020

  The aim of the study was to explore the range of key determinants that may shape the gambling beliefs and behaviours of older adolescent (18–24 years old) and young adult (25–34 years old) women.

  • women

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• Factors that shape the gambling attitudes and behaviours of older adults in Victoria

  Thomas, S, Pitt, H, Randle, M, Balandin, S, Cowlishaw, S, McCarthy, S, Bestman, A & Daube, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Melbourne — March 2020

  This study examined the gambling behaviours and attitudes of older adults in Victoria

  • pokies

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• Transitioning into and out of low- and moderate-risk gambling: predictors and profiles

  Merkouris, S, Dowling, N, Rodda, S & Youssef, G

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2020

  This study investigated the characteristics of people who transition into, and out of, low- and moderate-risk gambling.

  • comorbidity
  • mental health

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• The prevalence and correlates of gambling in secondary school students in Victoria, Australia, 2017

  Freund, M, Noble, N, Hill, D, White, V, Evans, T, Oldmeadow, C & Sanson-Fisher, R

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2019

  This study explores attitudes, behaviour and exposure to gambling among secondary school students in Victoria.

  • advertising
  • pokies
  • sports betting
  • vulnerability
  • young people

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• Extent of, and children and young people’s exposure to, gambling advertising in sport and non-sport TV

  O’Brien, K & Iqbal, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2019

  This is the first study in Australia, and internationally, to examine the extent of gambling advertising on sport TV and non-sport TV, and the extent to which young people in different age groups are exposed to it.

  • advertising
  • sports betting
  • vulnerability
  • young people

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• A brief intervention to support gamblers to stick to their limits in EGM venues: an exploratory study

  Rodda, SN, Bagot, KL, Manning, V & Lubman, DI

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — June 2019

  This study explored strategies people use to stick to spending limits when gambling on pokies, and tested the feasibility and effectiveness of an ‘action and coping planning’ intervention offered in venues to help people stick to limits.

  • pokies

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• Identifying effective policy interventions to prevent gambling-related harm

  Livingstone, C, Rintoul, A, de Lacy-Vawdon, C, Borland, R, Dietze, P, Jenkinson, R, Livingston, M, Room, R, Smith, B, Stoove, M, Winter, R & Hill, P

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — June 2019

  The purpose of this project was to explore potential policy interventions to reduce gambling harm, drawing on existing gambling research, and evidence from other areas of public health.

  • stigma

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• Online gaming and gambling in children and adolescents – Normalising gambling in cyber places

  King, D

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — September 2018

  This literature review examined the available research on children and adolescents' exposure to, and participation in, online gaming and gambling activities.

  • young people

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• Social influences on gamblers by risk group: An egocentric social network analysis

  Russell, A, Langham, E, Hing, N, Rawat, V,

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2018

  The research aimed to map the social networks of low- and moderate-risk gamblers, in terms of their gambling and other potentially risky behaviours, such as alcohol consumption. It sought to understand whether the social networks of low-risk and moderate-risk gamblers differ to those of non-gamblers, non-problem gamblers and problem gamblers.

  • comorbidity
  • young people

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• Effects of wagering marketing on vulnerable adults

  Hing, N, Russell, A, Rockloff, M, Browne, M, Langham, E, Li, E, Lole, L, Greer, N, Thomas, A, Jenkinson, R, Rawat, V & Thorne, H

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2018

  This study examined the impact of approaches to wagering marketing, including inducements, on vulnerable adults.

  • advertising
  • sports betting
  • vulnerability

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• Direct messages received from wagering operators

  Hing, N, Russell, A & Rawat, V

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2018

  This research examined the effects of ‘push marketing’ – direct promotional messages such as text messages, emails and phone calls – on wagering operators’ account-holders.

  • advertising
  • sports betting
  • vulnerability

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• Mobile EGMs Apps – The perfect substitute or the perfect storm?

  Rockloff, M, Greer, N, Armstrong, T, Thorne, H, Langham, E, Browne, M, Moskovsky, N, Goodwin, B & Li, E

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2018

  The project examined the role of free‐to‐play gambling‐themed apps and their relationship to in‐venue gambling.

  • pokies
  • young people

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• The development of empirically derived Australian responsible gambling limits

  Dowling, N, Youssef, G, Greenwood, C, Merkouris, S, Suomi, A, Room, R,

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — August 2018

  The project sought to identify a set of empirically based responsible gambling limits.
  

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• Weighing up the odds: young men, sports and betting

  Jenkinson, R, de Lacy-Vawdon, C, Carroll, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2018

  Research suggests that the gambling environment in Australia is changing. Sports betting participation has grown substantially in recent years and is emerging as a significant contributor to problem gambling, especially among younger adult males.

  • sports betting

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• Gambling and problem gambling in Victoria

  Howe, P, Vargas-Saenz, A, Hulbert, C, Boldero, J

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2018

  Research conducted as part of Round 7 of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation's Grants for Gambling Research Program, which explored the changing gambling environment.
  

  • comorbidity
  • vulnerability

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• Implicit associations between gambling and sport

  Li, E, Browne, M, Langham, E, Thorne, H & Rockloff, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2018

  This study aimed to assess the influences of sport-related gambling advertising on adolescents aged 14-17 years and young adults aged 18-24 years within Australia.

  • advertising
  • sports betting
  • young people

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