Search results: wagering code of conduct
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The allure of gambling for international students
Alice Pung discusses how international students can be vulnerable to developing gambling problems and looks at what Chinese Gambler’s Help is doing to educate the Chinese community about gambling harm and help those affected to recover.
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Why boys are susceptible to the siren song of online and offline gambling
Leading child and adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg explains the neurology behind the appeal of gambling to many young men and suggests how to help them avoid gambling harm in the face of relentless marketing by betting companies.
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Annual report 2018–2019
The Foundation's 2018–2019 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Thursday 17 October 2019.
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From Vegas to Macau III: heroic gambling in Chinese pop culture
Released on Chinese New Year’s Day, heroic gambling movie From Vegas to Macau III breaks from tradition in its depiction of gambling, but still doesn’t do enough to show gambling can become a problem.
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The Gambling Harms Scales: Instruments to assess impact to gamblers and affected others that are benchmarked to health utility
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. -
Lucky for some: bingo in Victoria
This report explores how people from disadvantaged communities experience bingo and how harms can be minimised for individuals and communities. -
Researching gambling in the Sunraysia Aboriginal community
New research from Mallee District Aboriginal Services and La Trobe University on gambling in Aboriginal communities in northern Victoria aims to help communities enjoy the benefits from gambling while also managing the harm it can bring.
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Round 8 – Grants for Gambling Research Program
The following projects investigate the social context of low and moderate risk gambling or strategies to prevent harm among young people aged 12–17 and 18–24.
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Submission to the Productivity Commission on mental health
The Foundation is a partner in VicHealth's submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the role of improving mental health to support economic participation as well as enhancing productivity and economic growth. The Foundation highlighted the correlation between mental health conditions and problem gambling, and the social cost of gambling to Victoria. -
Gambling in culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia
Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities are gambling less than the general population, but their risk of gambling is higher.
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Round 10 – Grants for Gambling Research Program
The Grants for Gambling Research Program encourages researchers from a variety of disciplines to undertake independent, investigator-initiated research. -
A safe and social space
In response to a marked increase in GP visits in the Latrobe Valley from people experiencing loneliness, an innovative new project is ‘prescribing’ sport and recreational activities.
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Pokies gambling relapse: the (not-so) merry go round
Understanding relapse and why people continue to gamble, despite the harmful consequences and the negative effects on those close to them, can help improve therapeutic treatment.
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Fantasy footy: alcopop of sports betting
Author and broadcaster Tony Wilson discusses his obsession with fantasy football and his disappointment that gambling has been introduced into it, especially the implications for young participants.
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Coming up for air through counselling partnership
A financial counsellor and a therapeutic counsellor collaborate to help their clients break out the cycle of gambling harm where gambling leads to stress and stress leads to further gambling.
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Sports sponsorship by betting companies, simulated gambling games, plus more: get up to date with research
The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation summarises key pieces of research from the gambling field in July 2016.
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Three sides of the coin
Funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Three sides of the coin uses storytelling and performance to help people recover from gambling harm and to increase community awareness about the risks of gambling.
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VCAL lessons for life
For Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) student Noah Grech, Year 11 studies into gaming, gambling and their effects on the brain identified an important connection between what he was…
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When doing nothing is not an option
Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation CEO Serge Sardo reflects on the speed at which the gambling environment is changing and how evidence for action and regulation are lagging behind, and asks what can we do to prevent harm, particularly for youth?
