This study aims to address a gap in gambling research to consult with young people and capture their perceptions and insights on strategies to reduce gambling-related harm.

Qualitative interviews were conducted with 54 young people (11–17 years) in Australia for the study.

This report examines the use and impact of smartphone betting on the betting behaviours of young adults.

Young adults were identified as most likely to use a smartphone for betting on sports, esports, and daily fantasy sports.

Compared to betting practices using a computer, smartphones provided portability, convenience, and ease of access, and allowed bettors to more easily act on gambling urges.

 

This research from the UK Gambling Commission undertaken using the Consumer Voice research conducted by 2CV, focusses on building an understanding of the consumer journey in gambling. It seeks to better understand how consumers experience gambling, what factors influence them, where there may be greater risks for some gamblers, and identify opportunities for intervention.

This scoping review aims to map Australian and international gambling research undertaken since the 2020 Gap Analysis and highlight key gambling studies conducted since then based on their methodological quality, innovativeness and/or applicability to an Australian audience. It maps the research in relation to six research themes that reflect priorities of the NSW Responsible Gambling Fund.

This publication gives statistics about gambling in Canada for fiscal year 2020-21 (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021). The statistics were compiled from annual reports of government organizations responsible for conducting, managing and regulating in each of Canada’s provinces and territories.

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has released the 2022 edition of State of the States: The AGA Survey of the Commercial Casino Industry for 2021.

The annual report provides detailed information on the US gaming market and financial performance for every commercial gaming state. 

Key facts:

• overall participation in any gambling activity significantly increased to 43% but remains lower than the pre-pandemic participation rate (47%),
• the in-person gambling participation rate increased to 26% showing some signs of recovery since the pandemic,
• online gambling participation remained statistically stable at 26% but continues its long-term increase, and
• the overall problem gambling rate is statistically stable at 0.2%. The moderate risk and low risk rates are also statistically stable at 0.9% and 1.4% respectively.

This study provides evidence from a randomised controlled trial to demonstrate that using safer gambling practices (SGPs) results in safer gambling behaviours and outcomes for some EGM players. It identified a set of evidence based practices that can be recommended to gamblers.

SGPs communicated to EGM players should include:

• Setting aside a fixed amount to spend,
• Taking regular breaks,
• Keeping leisure time busy with other activities,
• Not playing due to boredom, and
• Keeping a household budget.

An additional 13 SGPs were found to have a strong negative association with gambling harm. The SGPs could also provide the basis for a self-assessment tool to encourage consumers to appraise, assess and self-regulate their gambling. 

This investigation was a large-scale real-world study designed to see whether a 60-minute mandatory play break influenced subsequent depositing and wagering.

The authors concluded that the findings demonstrated that a 60-minute mandatory play break impacts players’ depositing and wagering beyond the 60 minute break. A mandatory hour-long play break in an online casino setting appears to prevent overspending during a short period of time.

The effects of a 60-minute mandatory break on the next day’s behaviour were inconclusive.

They further stated that the results do not support previous assumptions and findings that mandatory play breaks lead to increased gambling. 

The state's racing industry contributes $4.7 billion to the Victorian economy annually and supports almost 35,000 jobs. The Victorian Minister for Racing has welcomed the key findings from the Size and Scope of the Victorian Racing Industry report. In total, the racing industry supports 34,900 full-time jobs - growth of almost 30% since 2011-12. The racing industry is crucial to regional Victoria - with more than half of the economic activity created outside Melbourne.