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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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• Convergence of online gaming and gambling –emerging issues

  King, D

  University of Adelaide — July 2018

  Download research fellow and clinical psychchologist Daniel King's presentation on links between gaming and gambling and defining predatory monetisation schemes.

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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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• Research agenda, 2018–2022

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — June 2018

  Through our 2018–2022 research program, the Foundation aims to build the gambling evidence base, as well as research capacity and capability in Victoria and elsewhere, to reduce and prevent gambling harm at a population level.

  Importantly, over the next five years, this will include a focus on outer-metropolitan, rural and regional areas of Victoria through partnerships with universities, local organisations and other entities. We are keen to engage with the needs of, and requests from, these communities.

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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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• Development and evaluation of an online gambling self-directed program: effective integration into existing services

  Dowling, N, Merkouris, S, Rodda, S, Smith, D, Lavis, T, Lubman, D, Austin, D, Harvey, P, Cunningham, J & Battersby, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2018

  This research aimed to develop and evaluate a high quality online, self-directed program for gambling. The goal was to produce an online cognitive-behavioural program emulating the intensity and depth of a face-to-face cognitive-behavioural intervention from which more brief and targeted interventions could be developed.

  • treatment

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• The determinants of gambling normalisation: causes, consequences and public health responses

  Thomas, S, Pitt, H, Bestman, A, Randle, M, McCarthy, S, Daube, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2018

  The report aimed to explore the key dimensions of normalisation within a gambling context and propose a set of strategies to monitor and challenge the normalisation of gambling products and behaviours.
  

  • advertising
  • pokies

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• Report summary: Problem gambling in people seeking treatment for mental illness

  Lubman, D, Manning, V, Dowling, N, Rodda, S, Lee, S, Garde, E,

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — January 2018

  • comorbidity
  • treatment

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• Psychological treatments for problem gambling (PROGRESS) study final report

  Thomas, S, Jackson, A, Browning, C, Feldman, S, Radermacher, H, Enticott, J, Merkouris, S

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — December 2017

  The study, one of the largest ever conducted examining treatments for problem gambling, also included a qualitative component examining the experiences of gamblers taking part in the study. The results in the report are based on 12 month follow up data.

  • treatment

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• The social cost of gambling to Victoria

  Browne, M, Greer, N, Armstrong, T, Doran, C, Kinchin, I, Langham, E & Rockloff, M

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — November 2017

  The research aimed to assess the social costs associated with gambling in Victoria in financial terms.

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• Problem gambling in people seeking treatment for mental illness

  Lubman, D, Manning, V, Dowling, N, Rodda, S, Lee, S, Garde, E, Merkouris, S & Volberg, R

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — July 2017

  Gambling problems and mental illness frequently occur together. Approximately three-quarters of people seeking treatment for a gambling problem also have a mental illness, most commonly a mood disorder such as depression.

  • comorbidity
  • treatment

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• Impact of gambling warning messages on advertising perceptions

  Johns, R, J, Dale, N, Lubna Alam, S & Keating, B

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2017

  The research suggests that positively framed warning messages may be more effective for moderate risk gamblers, while negatively framed approaches may have more resonance among problem gamblers.

  • advertising

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• Longitudinal protective factors for problem gambling and related harms: Building resilience among young adult gamblers

  Scholes-Balog, K & Dowling, N

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — March 2017

  The research looked at the relationship between problem gambling and symptoms of anxiety and depression, and the risk and protective factors for problem gambling among young people aged 17-24 over a two year period.

  • young people

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• Behavioural indicators of responsible gambling consumption

  Hing, N, Russell, A & Hronis, A

  Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — October 2016

  Led by Professor Nerilee Hing from Central Queensland University, this study identifies 61 responsible consumption of gambling behaviours, placed within seven categories, and provides a clear definition of responsible gambling.

  • vulnerability

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