Gambling harm literature scan | Ministry of Health NZ

April 2025 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Online gaming and wellbeing among Pacific youth: a scoping review	Allen, J.M.U., Chu, J.T.W., Umutoniwase, C., (...), Matapo, J., Veukiso-Ulugia, A.	2025	Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Could the provision of multiple game themes be a neglected gambling product structural characteristic? Results of an online simulated gambling task	Newall, P., Hayes, T., Weiss-Cohen, L., (...), Byrne, C.A., Muggleton, N.	2025	International Gambling Studies.
Kid gamers to adult gamblers? An investigation of gaming in childhood and young adult gambling	Mohan, G.	2025	International Gambling Studies.
A Systematic Review of Gambling Amongst Elite Athletes With A Focus On Females	Gherghel, A.-M., Woodhouse, D., Ramchandani, G., Fielding-Lloyd, B.	2025	Journal of Gambling Issues, 55.
Lived Experiences of Gaming and Gambling Related Harm and Implications for Healthcare Services	Davidson, K., Hodge, S.E., Panourgia, C., Hutchings, M., Clelland, K.	2025	Journal of Gambling Issues, 55, pp. 1-42.
Gambling disorder comorbidity a narrative review	Sharma, R., Weinstein, A.	2025	Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 27(1), pp. 1-18.
Gambling and other addictive behaviors among higher education students in Finland—insights from a large-scale survey	Palomäki, J., Castrén, S., Männikkö, N., Latvala, T.	2025	Frontiers in Psychology, 16, art. no. 1529051.
Short-term effectiveness of gambling treatment in the Daily Clinic for Gambling Addiction	Dodig Hundric, D., Ricijas, N., Mandic, S., Radic Bursac, S., Bodor, D.	2025	Frontiers in Psychology, 16, art. no. 1536082.
Let’s Be Honest: Adolescents Speak Up on How to Better Protect Young People from Gambling Harm	Lole, L., Hing, N., Thorne, H., (...), Hodge, N., Rockloff, M.	2025	Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 8(1), pp. 115-132.
Cockfighting: between folk media, ritual communication, and gambling	Andung, P.A.	2025	Observatorio, 19(1), pp. 266-285.
Gambling preference, information risk, and the pricing of bank loans	Alharbi, S.S., Mamun, M.A., Atawnah, N., Boubaker, S.	2025	European Journal of Finance, 31(5), pp. 523-552.
Demographics and help-seeking among significant others contacting the Swedish gambling helpline	Forsström, D., Molander, O., Nilsson, A., Wall, H.	2025	NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Addictive leisure: an evaluation of the morality-economic politics of balancing casino development with local gambling policy	Ormerod, N., Parsons, D., Kenyon, A.J.	2025	Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 17(2), pp. 538-556.
The Profiles of People who Do not Engage in Positive Play while Gambling	Turner, N.E., AlMakadma, Y., Christensen, D.R.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies.
No evidence of risk aversion or foreign language effects in incentivized verbal probability gambles	Milczarski, W., Borkowska, A., Białek, M.	2025	Judgment and Decision Making, 20, art. no. e17.
Sports Gambling and Drinking Behaviors over Time	Grubbs, J.B., Connolly, A.J., Graupensperger, S., Kim, H.S., Kraus, S.W.	2025	JAMA Psychiatry.
The Bangor Gambling Task: Computerized replication and reappraisal of an emotion-based decision task	Rojas-Líbano, D., Zúñiga, J., Corrales, V., (...), Bowman, C., Salas, C.	2025	Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 32(1), pp. 174-186.
Gambling Era: The Importance of Supporting Community Responses and Responsibilizing Industry and Governments for Gambling Harms	Maclean, S., Kanjere, A., Griffin, T., (...), Savic, M., Pennay, A.	2024	Critical Gambling Studies, 5(2), pp. 1-19.
Screening for gambling-related harm: Scholarly commentary addictive behaviors	Roberts, A., Clarke, R., Laidler, F., (...), Smith, L., Sharman, S.	2025	Addictive Behaviors, 166, art. no. 108335.
Duty of care, data science, and gambling harm: A scoping review of risk assessment models	Marionneau, V., Ristolainen, K., Roukka, T.	2025	Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 18, art. no. 100644.
A comparison of gambling behaviours among sport-based and non-sport-based students in the UK	McGivern, P., Mierzwinski, M.	2025	Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 29(2), pp. 138-145.
Efficacy of Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation to the Pre-supplementary Motor Area in Gambling Disorder: a Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial	Pallanti, S., Camprodon, J.A., Di Ponzio, M., Makris, N.	2025	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23(1), pp. 410-419.
‘It Doesn’t Give Off the Gambling Vibes … It Just Feels Like a Part of the Game’: Adolescents’ Experiences and Perceptions of Simulated Gambling While Growing Up	Hing, N., Lole, L., Thorne, H., (...), Hodge, N., Rockloff, M.	2025	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23(1), pp. 389-409.
Players’ perceptions of, and engagement with, the GameSense responsible gambling program in Massachusetts casinos	Gaudett, G.E., Tabri, N., Davis, C.G., Wohl, M.J.A.	2025	International Gambling Studies, 25(1), pp. 129-145.
The prevalence of adolescent problem gambling: examining sociodemographic risk factors in New Mexico	Rodríguez, M.N., Goodrich, K.M., Bell, L.M., (...), Zhang, L., Lilliott, E.	2025	International Gambling Studies, 25(1), pp. 107-128.
Validation of the gambling harm measure across three independent samples	Gooding, N.B., Allami, Y., Delfabbro, P., (...), Volberg, R.A., Hodgins, D.C.	2025	International Gambling Studies, 25(1), pp. 146-167.
Expectations of the effects of nicotine on gambling behavior	Andersland, M.D., McPhail, A., Dow, C.V., (...), Pfund, R.A., Whelan, J.P.	2025	International Gambling Studies, 25(1), pp. 65-83.
Longitudinal gambling risk transitions: evidence from a nationally representative Australian sample	Suomi, A., Chilver, M., Kim, J., Watson, N., Butterworth, P.	2025	Addiction Research and Theory, 33(2), pp. 95-104.
Comparing Gambling Policy Evolution in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden	Thompson, C.F.	2025	International Journal of Public Administration, 48(5-6), pp. 395-406.
Does the lived experience of gambling accord with quantitative self-report scores of gambling-related harm?	Newall, P., Rawat, V., Hing, N., (...), Rockloff, M., Dellosa, G.	2025	Addiction Research and Theory, 33(2), pp. 150-160.
Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index	James, R.J.E., Tillsley, J.E., Hitcham, L., (...), Kim, H., Tunney, R.J.	2025	Addiction Research and Theory, 33(2), pp. 122-133.
When Do the Stakes Get Higher? Examining Factors Associated with At-Risk or Problem Gambling in a Large Sample of Italian Adult Recent Gamblers	Mosconi, G., Bertuccio, P., Lugo, A., (...), Gallus, S., Odone, A.	2025	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Problematic gambling in municipal social work in Tampere, Finland: Social workers’ perceptions of service pathways before the casino opening and the health and social services reform	Jääskeläinen, P., Kuusisto, K.	2025	NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Hungry Ghosts Eat Casino Chips: Associations Between Dispositional Greed and Gambling	Weller, J., Zeelenberg, M., Summers, B.	2025	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Offer me hope to overcome gambling harm	Acton, S.	2025	BMJ, art. no. r331.
Preferences for cashless gambling payment systems with integrated harm reduction measures among electronic gaming machine gamblers: a discrete choice experiment	Swanton, T.B., Garbarino, E., Collard, S.B., Gainsbury, S.M.	2025	International Gambling Studies.
Tackling gambling harm requires a public health approach Guidelines focus on the individual, while industry escapes scrutiny	Cowlishaw, S., Roberts, A., George, S., Kessler, D.	2025	BMJ, art. no. r447.
Identification, assessment, and management of gambling-related harms: Summary of NICE guideline	Francis, J., Fricke, A., Mavranezouli, I., (...), Ritchie, L., Gaskell, M.	2025	BMJ, art. no. r323.

March 2025 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
A multicenter cross-sectional study of gambling disorder among patients with methamphetamine use disorder in drug rehabilitation centers: prevalence, correlates, and network analysis	Peng, P., Hao, Y., Zhang, X., (...), Liu, T., Yang, B.-Z.	2025	Annals of General Psychiatry, 24(1), art. no. 12.
Risk-taking in gambling cultures and social security contributions – evidence from Chinese small and micro enterprises	Huang, L., Jiang, X.	2025	Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 91, art. no. 102728.
Exploring the spillover effects of gambling in the Greek tourist industry	Patsoulis, P.	2025	Current Issues in Tourism.
The Development of and Rationale for Gaming Disorder in ICD-11 and a Review of Available Assessment Tools	Saunders, J.B., Rumpf, H.-J., Carragher, N., Poznyak, V.	2025	Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), art. no. 18.
Trends in Lower-Risk Gambling by Age and Net Income among Finnish Men and Women in 2011, 2015, and 2019	Grönroos, T., Kontto, J., Young, M.M., Hodgins, D.C., Salonen, A.H.	2025	Journal of gambling studies, 41(1), pp. 267-281.
Chinese South Oaks Gambling Screen: A Study on Reliability and Validity in Mainland China	Zhou, Y., Cui, Y., Shi, S., (...), Zhong, G., Du, J.	2025	Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior, 8(1), pp. 9-14.
Influencer-Driven Gambling Content and Its Impact on Children and Young People: A Scoping Study	Bolat, E., Panourgia, C., Yankouskaya, A., Kelly, M.	2025	Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), art. no. 3.
Hazardous gambling behavior is associated with amplified emotional reactivity to gambling outcomes	Cholewick, A., Bennett, D.	2025	Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
The Rise of Online Gambling and its Impact on College Students	García-Castillo, F., Suriá Martínez, R.	2025	Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas, 25(1), pp. 1-7.
From Clicks to Bets: How Social Media Engagement Influences Gambling Severity-Cross-Sectional Research	Moravec, V., Hynek, N., Gavurova, B., Rigelsky, M., Miovsky, M.	2025	Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing, 62.
Limit-setting in online gambling: a comparative policy review of European approaches	Marionneau, V., Luoma, E., Turowski, T., Hayer, T.	2025	Harm Reduction Journal, 22(1), art. no. 15.
New consumption trends in the use of social networks and video games, problematic consumption, and the phenomenon of online gambling	Pedrouzo, S.B., Krynski, L., Melamud, A.	2025	Archivos argentinos de pediatria, 123(2), p. e202410459.
Tech-Enabled Financial Data Access, Retail Investors, and Gambling-Like Behavior in the Stock Market	Havakhor, T., Rahman, M.S., Zhang, T., Zhu, C.	2025	Management Science, 71(2), pp. 1646-1670.
Who Engages in Simultaneous Gambling and Alcohol Use, and Why? A Mixed-Method Study	Sinclair, E.S.-L.L., Punia, K., Tabri, N., Balodis, I.M., Kim, H.S.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Affected Other Prevalence and Profiles: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Australian Population-Representative Gambling Study	Dowling, N.A., Spence, K., Browne, M., Rockloff, M., Merkouris, S.S.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies.

February 2025 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Does gambling culture affect corporate internal control? Evidence from China	Pan, L., Zhuang, Z., Ge, C., Cui, Q.	2025	Finance Research Letters, 76, art. no. 106961.
Learning from tobacco control to tackle gambling industry harms	Van Schalkwyk, M.C.I., Hawkins, B., Cassidy, R., (...), Gilmore, A.B., Petticrew, M.	2025	BMJ, art. no. e082866.
A review of Returned and Services League venues operating electronic gambling machines in Victoria, Australia and the level of funding contributed to veterans	Francis, L., Livingstone, C., Hallett, J.	2025	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, art. no. 100214.
“When People Reach Out that is When They’re Desperate”: Understanding Informal and Formal Help-Seeking Practices for Gambling among Aboriginal Peoples in the Northern Territory, Australia	Gupta, H., Tari-Keresztes, N., Aanundsen, D., Smith, J.A.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies.
The General Acceptability and Use of Smartphone App-Delivered Interventions for Gambling in Australia	Hawker, C.O., Merkouris, S.S., Thomas, A.C., (...), Cowlishaw, S., Dowling, N.A.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies, art. no. e0000185.
Exploring Perspectives Towards the Gambling Industry and Its Marketing Strategies Among Young People in Western Australia	Royce, B., Crawford, G., Francis, L., Thomas, S., Hallett, J.	2025	Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(2), art. no. e955.
Addressing gambling harm to affected others: A scoping review (Part I: Prevalence, socio-demographic profiles, gambling profiles, and harm)	Dowling, N.A., Hawker, C.O., Merkouris, S.S., Rodda, S.N., Hodgins, D.C.	2025	Clinical Psychology Review, 116, art. no. 102542.
“Unveiling the ‘Empty Pool/Pull’”: Gambling Disorder's Impact on the Sense of Belonging to the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Community	Vana, N., Gavriel-Fried, B., Itzhaki-Braun, Y.	2025	Journal of Community Psychology, 53(2), art. no. e23184.
Gambling: Asking patients at checkups will reduce harms, says NICE	Limb, M.	2025	BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 388, p. r187.
Sure they Gamble – But At Least They’re Not Being Bullied! A Survey of Parental Perspectives of Adolescent Gambling	Dittman, C.K., Gossner, M., Browne, M., (...), Russell, A.M.T., Lole, L.	2025	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Ending gambling adverts could prevent harm to millions of adults and children in the UK	Fenton, K., Prochaska, W.	2025	BMJ, art. no. r158.
Exploring the Users’ Perspective of the Nationwide Self-Exclusion Service for Gambling Disorder, “Spelpaus”: Qualitative Interview Study	Tjernberg, J., Helgesson, S., Håkansson, A., Hansson, H.	2025	JMIR Human Factors, 12, art. no. e66045.
Gender perspective in gambling disorder	Estévez, A., Macía, L.	2024	Revista Espanola de Drogodependencias, 49(4), pp. 62-77.
Improved Public-Key Searchable Encryption Scheme for Cloud-Based Responsible Gaming Systems	Huang, J., Zhu, Y., Kong, X., Xu, S.	2024	Proceedings - 2024 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, CSRSWTC 2024.
A qualitative analysis of people who died by suicide and had gambling documented in their coronial file	Reynolds, C.M., Cox, G., Lyons, S., (...), O'Connor, L., Kavalidou, K.	2025	Addictive Behaviors, 163, art. no. 108267.
Racial Disparities in Soccer Player Share Prices: Evidence From an Online Gambling Platform	Bajaj, A., Jena, F., Reilly, B.	2025	Bulletin of Economic Research.
Addressing Gambling Harm to affected others: A scoping review (part II: Coping, assessment and treatment)	Dowling, N.A., Hawker, C.O., Merkouris, S.S., Rodda, S.N., Hodgins, D.C.	2025	Clinical Psychology Review, 116, art. no. 102543.
A comparison of gambling behaviors and beliefs in rural and urban populations in Pennsylvania	Russell, G.E.H., Sterner, G.E., Lopez, K.M., Ferrara, A.M., Kaye, M.P.	2025	Rural and Remote Health, 25(1), art. no. 9077.
Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Gambling Warning Message Recall and Recognition	Horn, T.L., McPhail, A., Valencia, A.J., Pfund, R.A., Whelan, J.P.	2025	Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

January 2025 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain	Brown, A., Donnachie, C., Critchlow, N., (...), Wardle, H., Hunt, K.	2025	BMC Public Health, 25(1), art. no. 63.
Problematic gambling among the LGBTQIA2S + population in Canada: A quantitative study	Brodeur, M., Muñoz Gómez, N., Carrier, N., (...), Simon, O., Hudon, C.	2025	Addictive Behaviors, 163, art. no. 108257.
What is the impact of sports-related gambling advertising on gambling behaviour? A systematic review	McGrane, E., Pryce, R., Field, M., (...), Moore, E.C., Goyder, E.	2025	Addiction.
Striving Towards National Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines: An Empirical Investigation Among a Sample of Swedish Gamblers	Dowling, N.A., Wennberg, P., Wall, H., Molander, O.	2025	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Channelling and taxation in European online gambling markets: evolution and policy implications	Marionneau, V., Matteucci, N., Vieira Lima, S., Nikkinen, J., Selin, J.	2025	Harm Reduction Journal, 22(1), art. no. 1.
The trade-off between growth and risk in Kelly's gambling and beyond	Cavallero, S., Rousselot, A., Pugatch, R., Dinis, L., Lacoste, D.	2025	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 659, art. no. 130316.
Gambling and financial harms: a multi-level approach	Marionneau, V., Nikkinen, J.	2024	Critical Gambling Studies, 2024.
Gambling prevention	Norris, B., Yüce, A.	2024	Encyclopedia of Sport Management, Second Edition, pp. 398-399.

December 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
The roles of coping style and social support in the experience of harm and distress among people affected by another person's gambling	Tulloch, C., Browne, M., Rockloff, M., Hing, N., Hilbrecht, M.	2025	Addictive Behaviors, 162, art. no. 108236.
The feasibility and acceptability of an inoculative intervention video for gambling advertising: A focus group study of academics and experts-by-experience	Torrance, J., Heath, C., O'Hanrahan, M., Newall, P.	2024	Journal of Public Health, 46(4), pp. e654-e662.
Gambling harms, stigmatisation and discrimination: A qualitative naturalistic forum analysis	Penfold, K., Nicklin, L.L., Chadwick, D., Lloyd, J.	2024	PLoS ONE, 19(12 December), art. no. e0315377.
Responsible gambling disclosure strategies of four Nordic state-owned gambling companies	Selin, J.	2024	Business and Society Review.
Testing the acceptability and feasibility of the lower-risk gambling guidelines in Finland	Palomäki, J., Latvalaorcid, Salonenorcid, A.H., (...), Youngorcid, M.M., Castrén, S.	2024	Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
A policy-oriented framework for social cost analysis of gambling: Evidence from the Czech Republic	Zofcak, J., Stroukal, D., Sima, J.	2024	E a M: Ekonomie a Management, 27(4), pp. 54-72.
Factors influencing the adoption of pre-commitment devices for online gambling	Stratton, E., Park, G., Santos, T., Gainsbury, S.	2024	Journal of Risk Research.
“I Don’t Have Any Limits”: A Qualitative Analysis of Individual Gambling Self-Control Strategies	Nolan, E., Scheurich, R., Hahmann, T., (...), Jobin, E.Y., Monson, E.	2024	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), art. no. 1401.
Exposed to the Media: Intentions to Gamble and Problem Gambling	Korsakiene, R., Vilkaite-Vaitone, N., Jeseviciute-Ufartiene, L.	2024	SAGE Open, 14(4).
The ‘Wild West’ of Wagering Affiliate Marketing and Implications for Gambling Harm	Hing, N., Rockloff, M., Browne, M., (...), Sproston, K., Hodge, N.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Validation of the gambling harm measure across three independent samples	Gooding, N.B., Allami, Y., Delfabbro, P., (...), Volberg, R.A., Hodgins, D.C.	2024	International Gambling Studies.
Community sports leaders' perceptions of the risks and benefits of gambling sponsorship in community sport	Mccarthy, S., Pitt, H., Randle, M., (...), Daube, M., Thomas, S.L.	2024	Health Promotion International, 39(6), art. no. daae149.
Promoting safer gambling through social norms and goal setting: A qualitative process analysis of participants' experiences in the EROGamb 2.0 feasibility trial	Bush-Evans, R., Arden-Close, E., Thomas, S., (...), Hamson-Ford, A., Phalp, K.	2024	Internet Interventions, 38, art. no. 100790.
Galvanising social innovation in gambling harms reduction: a process evaluation of a multi-component Community of Practice	Mills, T., Evans, J., Jenkins, C.L., (...), Wills, J., Sykes, S.	2024	Global Health Promotion.
Gambling-Related Harm to Affected Others: Lived Experience Differs by Relationship Type, Gambling Severity, Life Circumstances, and Relationship Factors	Newall, P., Rawat, V., Hing, N., (...), Rockloff, M., Dellosa, G.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Players’ perceptions of, and engagement with, the GameSense responsible gambling program in Massachusetts casinos	Gaudett, G.E., Tabri, N., Davis, C.G., Wohl, M.J.A.	2024	International Gambling Studies.

November 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Assessing the Risk of Online Gambling Products: A Replication and Validation of Behavioural Markers of Harm Using the Problem Gambling Severity Index	Delfabbro, P., Parke, J., Catania, M.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Effectiveness of Public Messaging Within the Gambling Domain: A Systematic Review	Ray, D., Thomson, K., Beyer, F.R., (...), Oliver, E.J., Kelly, M.P.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
The cards they're dealt: types of gambling activity, online gambling, and risk of problem gambling in European adolescents	Lombardi, G., Molinaro, S., Cotichini, R., (...), Scalese, M., Benedetti, E.	2024	Social Science and Medicine, 363, art. no. 117482.
Suicidal attempt in a patient with gambling disorder: A rare case report	Shehu, S.N., Gado, H.U., Abioda, D.I., Adebayo, A.S., Abubakar, A.	2024	Ibom Medical Journal, 17(2), pp. 382-384.
Subjective expected utility and psychological gambles	Cassese, G.	2024	Decisions in Economics and Finance.
Using Theory and Practice to Develop Lottery Ticket Warning Messages as a Means of Promoting More Responsible Gambling	Cismaru, M., Wymer, W.	2024	Social Marketing Quarterly.
Detection of Online Gambling Web Defacement in University Domains Using Attack Signatures	Harahap, H., Ridho, F.	2024	2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, and Data Analytics, ICoABCD 2024, pp. 73-78.
The prevalence of adolescent problem gambling: examining sociodemographic risk factors in New Mexico	Rodríguez, M.N., Goodrich, K.M., Bell, L.M., (...), Zhang, L., Lilliott, E.	2024	International Gambling Studies.

October 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
High prevalence of harmful drinking habits and gambling among professional rugby players: Mental health symptoms and lifestyle risks among New Zealand Super Rugby players - A cross-sectional survey	Dorfling, T., Fulcher, M.L.	2024	BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 10(3), art. no. e002002.
Clearly (not) identifiable – The recognisability of gambling content marketing	Rossi, R., Nairn, A.	2024	International Journal of Market Research.
Associations between loot box purchasing and gambling behaviours, financial problems, and low mental wellbeing in a household sample from a British island, a cross-sectional study	Wilson, C., Butler, N., Quigg, Z., Sumnall, H.	2024	Journal of Public Health (Germany).
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals with gambling disorder in Indonesia: protocol for a pilot and feasibility study	Siste, K., Hanafi, E., Murtani, B.J., (...), Aryani, A., Kusuma, K.S.	2024	F1000Research, 13, art. no. 689.
Methodological and Conceptualisation Issues in the Measurement of Gambling Harm	Delfabbro, P., King, D.	2024	Current Addiction Reports.
Gambling preference, information risk, and the pricing of bank loans	Alharbi, S.S., Mamun, M.A., Atawnah, N., Boubaker, S.	2024	European Journal of Finance.
Current approaches to the identification and management of gambling disorder: a narrative review to inform clinical practice in Australia and New Zealand	Rodda, S.N., Merkouris, S.S., Dowling, N.A.	2024	Medical Journal of Australia.
Twenty Years of Responsible Gambling: The Science-Based Glass is Half Full	Shaffer, H.J., Ladouceur, R., Blaszczynski, A.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
“It’s [gambling] obviously not regulated that well”: insights into Aboriginal peoples’ views on gambling regulation in the Northern Territory of Australia	Gupta, H., Tari-Keresztes, N., Aanundsen, D., Smith, J.A.	2024	Journal of Public Health (Germany).
Trends in Lower-Risk Gambling by Age and Net Income among Finnish Men and Women in 2011, 2015, and 2019	Grönroos, T., Kontto, J., Young, M.M., Hodgins, D.C., Salonen, A.H.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
The Lived Experience of Gambling-Related Harm in Natural Language	van Baal, S.T., Bogdanski, P., Daryanani, A., Walasek, L., Newall, P.	2024	Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Digitalisation of gambling harm? Gambling consumption, negative consequences, and clinical characteristics among Swedish help-seekers	Wall, H., Marionneau, V., Lindqvist, H., Molander, O.	2025	Addictive Behaviors, 160, art. no. 108182.
Prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders in problem gambling: A systematic review and meta-analysis	Corbeil, O., Béchard, L., Anderson, É., (...), Roy, M.-A., Demers, M.-F.	2024	European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 67(1), p. e56.
Understanding the Emergence of Comorbidity between Problematic Online Gaming and Gambling: A Network Analysis Approach	Błoch, M., Misiak, B.	2024	Brain Sciences, 14(9), art. no. 929.
Expectations of the effects of nicotine on gambling behavior	Andersland, M.D., McPhail, A., Dow, C.V., (...), Pfund, R.A., Whelan, J.P.	2024	International Gambling Studies.
Gambling and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Military Veterans: Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Suicide Risk	Stefanovics, E.A., Potenza, M.N., Tsai, J., Pietrzak, R.H.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
“It was honestly just gambling”: Investigating the Experiences of Teenage Cryptocurrency Users on Reddit	Bouma-Sims, E., Hassan, H., Nisenoff, A., Cranor, L.F., Christin, N.	2024	Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, SOUPS 2024, pp. 333-352.
Loot box gambling addiction risk versus responsible computing: a systematic review	Duarte, L.F.C., Ishikawa, E.	2023	Journal on Interactive Systems, 14(1), pp. 106-118.

September 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Investigating gambling-related suicide	Roberts, A., Rogers, J., Petrovskaya, E., (...), Wong, P., Sharman, S.	2024	Addiction.
Negative impact of online gambling problematic in disabled and non-disabled university students: exploring the risk profile	Suriá-Martínez, R., García-Castillo, F., Villegas-Castrillo, E., López-Sánchez, C., Carretón-Ballester, C.	2024	Frontiers in Psychology, 15, art. no. 1429122.
Understanding mediated sports consumption by Irish children: a qualitative study exploring their exposure and understanding of gambling marketing, risks and harms	Kitchin, P.J., McEvoy, E., Kerr, A., O’Brennan, J.	2024	BMC Public Health, 24(1), art. no. 2478.
Gaming Disorders: Navigating the Fine Line between Entertainment and Addiction—Gaming History, Health Risks, Social Consequences, and Pathways to Prevention	Imataka, G., Izumi, S., Miyamoto, Y., Maehashi, A.	2024	Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(17), art. no. 5122.
Online Gaming Disorder and Sports Betting Addiction: Convergences and Divergences	Ayala-Rojas, R.-E., Granero, R., Fernández-Aranda, F., (...), Perales, I., Jiménez-Murcia, S.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
A qualitative evaluation of a video gambling campaign among young Australians	Younes, N., Hronis, A.	2023	Discover Psychology, 3(1), art. no. 22.
Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data	Selin, J., Okkonen, P., Raisamo, S.	2024	International Journal of Health Geographics, 23(1), art. no. 19.
Gambling Harm-Minimisation Tools and Their Impact on Gambling Behaviour: A Review of the Empirical Evidence	Riley, B.J., Oakes, J., Lawn, S.	2024	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(8), art. no. 998.
A mixed method study exploring similarities and differences in general and social services-specific barriers to treatment-seeking among individuals with a problematic use of alcohol, cannabis, or gambling	Schettini, G., Lindner, P., Ekström, V., Johansson, M.	2024	BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), art. no. 970.
Sports betting scandals highlight knowledge gaps for gambling harm	Clark, L., Wohl, M.J.A.	2024	The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 38, art. no. 100879.
Illegal video game loot boxes with transferable content on steam: a longitudinal study on their presence and non-compliance with and non-enforcement of gambling law	Xiao, L.Y., Henderson, L.L.	2024	International Gambling Studies.

August 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of PRoGRAM-A (preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents): a secondary school-based social network intervention	Dobbie, F., Miller, M., Wardle, H., (...), Noble, L., White, J.	2024	Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10(1), art. no. 109.
Cryptocurrency Trading, Day Trading, and Gambling Behavior: Examining the Moderating Effects of Financially Focused Self-Concept and Gambling Motives	Louderback, E.R., McCullock, S.P., LaPlante, D.A.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Internet and Gambling: Insights from Australia’s NBN Rollout	Ackermann, K., Awaworyi Churchill, S., Munyanyi, M.E.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Voluntary self-exclusion from gambling: Expert opinions on gaps and needs for improvement	Kraus, L., Bickl, A.M., Hellman, M., (...), Volberg, R., Cisneros Örnberg, J.	2024	NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Normatively irrelevant disgust interferes with decision under uncertainty: Insights from the Iowa gambling task	Priolo, G., Alessandro, M.D., Bizzego, A., Franchin, L., Bonini, N.	2024	PLoS ONE, 19(8 August), art. no. e0306689.
Situational analysis of suicidal ideation and behavior in the gambling disorder population of FEJAR	Muélledes, M.E.G., Gómez, R.S., Gutiérrez, A.E., (...), Diego, G.A., Carrasco, E.T.	2024	Revista Espanola de Drogodependencias, 49(2), pp. 8-25.
A comparison of gambling behaviours among sport-based and non-sport-based students in the UK	McGivern, P., Mierzwinski, M.	2024	Mental Health and Social Inclusion.
Commentary on Zendle and Newall: The need for direct evaluation of the UK's gambling affordability checks policy	Heirene, R.M.	2024	Addiction.
Increased risky choice during forced abstinence from fentanyl on the cued rat gambling task	Hrelja, K.M., Kawkab, C., Avramidis, D.K., Ramaiah, S., Winstanley, C.A.	2024	Psychopharmacology.
Perceived Impact of Gambling Advertising can Predict Gambling Severity among Patients with Gambling Disorder	Lopez-Gonzalez, H., Granero, R., Fernández-Aranda, F., Griffiths, M.D., Jiménez-Murcia, S.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Risk and Protective Factors for Gambling Among Youth by origin: Findings from the three waves of cross-sectional Finnish School Health Promotion Study among 238,939 Students	Raitasalo, K., Järvinen-Tassopoulos, J., Rask, S., Skogberg, N.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
“It would Never have Happened Without the Pandemic”: Understanding the Lived Experience of Individuals who Increased Their Online Gambling Participation	Savard, A.-C., Kairouz, S., Nadeau-Tremblay, J., (...), VanMourik, V., Monson, E.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Gaming lounges in India afford socially productive gambling: The moral economy and foundations of play in Udaipur, Rajasthan	Snodgrass, J.G., Lacy, M.G., Polzer, E., Upadhyay, C.	2024	Ethos.
Online Gambling in the Rural Global South: Probably the Next Major Silent Killer	van Eekelen, W.	2024	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 719, pp. 86-97.
Online Gambling and At-Risk Gambling Behaviour in a Cross-Sectional Survey Among 13–19 Year-Old Adolescents in Barcelona	Roquer, M., Clotas, C., Bartroli, M.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Cyberworld and Gambling: risk factors of adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh	Wohab, A.	2024	Youth Voice Journal, 14(4).
Probing the Role of Digital Payment Solutions in Gambling Behavior: Preliminary Results From an Exploratory Focus Group Session With Problem Gamblers	Lakew, N., Jonsson, J., Lindner, P.	2024	JMIR Human Factors, 11, art. no. e54951.

July 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
“It’s changing our lives, not for the better. It’s important that we have a say”. The role of young people in informing public health and policy decisions about gambling marketing	Pitt, H., McCarthy, S., Randle, M., (...), Daube, M., Thomas, S.	2024	BMC Public Health, 24(1), art. no. 2004.
The role of metaphor in the corporate political strategies of health harming industries: Comparing the concept of balance in the gambling and opioid industry discourses	van Schalkwyk, M.C., Hawkins, B., Eisenkraft Klein, D., Koon, A.D.	2024	Social Science and Medicine, 356, art. no. 117158.
The expansion of gambling across the Americas poses risks to mental health and wellbeing	Ukhova, D., Marionneau, V., Volberg, R., Wardle, H.	2024	The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 37, art. no. 100855.
Examining the Role of Sports Betting Marketing in Youth Problem Gambling	Di Censo, G., Delfabbro, P., King, D.L.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
The impact of gambling advertising and marketing on online gambling behavior: an analysis based on Spanish data	García-Pérez, Á., Krotter, A., Aonso-Diego, G.	2024	Public Health, 234, pp. 170-177.
Influences on gambling during youth: comparisons between at-risk/problem, non-problem and non-gambling adolescents in Australia	Hing, N., Thorne, H., Lole, L., (...), Hodge, N., Rockloff, M.	2024	Journal of Youth Studies.
Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel	Jones, M., Champion, H., Dighton, G., (...), Fossey, M., Dymond, S.	2024	BMJ Military Health, art. no. military-2024-002726.
Family History of Pathological Gambling, Related Factors Effects, and Suicidality in Rural Greece	Smyrnaki, M., Skoulas, M., Liodaki, A., (...), Papanastasatos, G., Tsiboukli, A.	2024	Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.
Correction to: Harm Minimization Training, Knowledge, and Behaviour of Canadian Casino Employees	Christensen, D.R., Nicoll, F., Williams, R.J., (...), Smith, G.J., Stevens, R.M.G.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Digital geographies of home: parenting practices in the space between gaming and gambling	Mills, S., Ash, J., Gordon, R.	2024	Children's Geographies.
Study on the coupled coordination relationship and constraining factors of Macau’s gambling-tourism-economic development from the perspective of urban high-quality development	Chen, X., Wong, C.U.I., Chen, B., Zhang, H.	2024	Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 8(5), art. no. 4229.
Gambling Control in a Cost-of-Living Crisis: An Analysis of the White Paper High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age (2023)	Bedford, K.	2024	Modern Law Review.

June 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
Usability of Responsible Gambling Information on Gambling Operator' Websites: A Webcam-Based Eye Tracking Study	Wang, R., Bush-Evans, R., Arden-Close, E., (...), Thomas, S., Phalp, K.	2024	Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA), art. no. 50.
The Dependence of Online Gambling Businesses on High-Spending Customers: Quantification and Implications	Forrest, D., McHale, I.G.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Nudge theory and gambling: a scoping review	Fortier, M.-&-È., Audette-Chapdelaine, S., Auger, A.-M., Brodeur, M.	2024	Frontiers in Public Health, 12, art. no. 1377183.
Does the lived experience of gambling accord with quantitative self-report scores of gambling-related harm?	Newall, P., Rawat, V., Hing, N., (...), Rockloff, M., Dellosa, G.	2024	Addiction Research and Theory.
Cultural Barriers to Digital Innovation: Understanding the Impact of Gambling Culture on Chinese Firms	Zhao, Y., Ren, A., Lin, Z., Miao, Z.	2024	Journal of the Knowledge Economy.
A cross-sectional study to explore the association of peer pressure with Internet gaming	Donthu, R.K., Mohammed, A.S., Pasam, R.S., Manchirevula, S.	2024	Archives of Mental Health, 25(1), pp. 39-44.
The near-miss effect in online slot machine gambling: A series of conceptual replications	Palmer, L., Ferrari, M.A., Clark, L.	2024	Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Awareness and impact of casino responsible gambling/harm minimization measures among Canadian electronic gaming machine players	Christensen, D.R., Roberts, A., Williams, R.J., (...), Smith, G., Stevens, R.M.G.	2024	International Gambling Studies.
Correlates of Problematic Gambling in Emerging Adult University Students in Ireland	Murphy, M.P., Murphy, R., Roberts, A.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Development and validation of the IDENT-Pro: a brief tool for the early identification of gambling risk factors indicative of harm	Davies, N.H., John, B., Drummond, L.C., (...), Sabolova, K., Roderique-Davies, G.	2024	Journal of Public Health (Germany).
The Role of Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy in Responsible Gambling	He, M., Tong, K.K.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Too Young to Gamble: Long-term Risks from Underage Gambling	Pérez, L.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Colliding harms of gambling and gaming: A four-wave longitudinal population study of at-risk gambling and gaming in Finland	Oksanen, A., Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H., Soares Mantere, E., Savolainen, I.	2024	NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
We Might Have a Sports Gambling Problem and It Is Not What You Think: A Commentary	Whelan, J.P., Pfund, R.A., Ginley, M.K.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Gambling, Tourism and the City: From the birth to the consolidation of the Municipal Casino of Viña del Mar (1927-1946)	Gaete, J.L.	2023	Historia 396, 13(2), pp. 335-362.
Treatment of harmful gambling: a scoping review of United Kingdom-based intervention research	Seel, C.J., Jones, M., Christensen, D.R., (...), Hoon, A.E., Dymond, S.	2024	BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), art. no. 392.
Reduced sensitivity to future consequences underlies gambling decision in cerebellar ataxia	Lai, R.-Y., Levy, E., Amlang, C.J., (...), Lin, C.-Y.R., Kuo, S.-H.	2024	Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 461, art. no. 123060.
Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index	James, R.J.E., Tillsley, J.E., Hitcham, L., (...), Kim, H., Tunney, R.J.	2024	Addiction Research and Theory.
Diagnostic change associated with gambling	Okruhlica, Ľ., Kamendy, Z., Kurilla, A.	2024	Ceska a Slovenska Psychiatrie, 120(2), pp. 65-69.

May 2024 literature scan
Document title	Authors	Year	Source
The relationship between the price and demand of alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy food, sugar-sweetened beverages, and gambling: an umbrella review of systematic reviews	Burton, R., Sharpe, C., Bhuptani, S., (...), Regan, M., Sheron, N.	2024	BMC Public Health, 24(1), art. no. 1286.
Towards an Active Role of Financial Institutions in Preventing Problem Gambling: A Proposed Conceptual Framework and Taxonomy of Financial Wellbeing Indicators	Lakew, N., Jonsson, J., Lindner, P.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Linking Striatal Dopaminergic Asymmetry with Personality Traits: Insights from Gambling Disorder	Di Carlo, F., Pettorruso, M., Santorelli, M., (...), Camardese, G., Di Giuda, D.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Stakeholders cannot simply wait for the gambling evidence-base to develop: We must all help to build it	Newall, P., Swanton, T.B.	2024	Addiction.
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gambling Behavior in Mainland Chinese Gamblers in Macau: Cross-Sectional Survey Study	Zhou, J., Ho, H.-W., Chan, C.	2024	JMIR Formative Research, 8, art. no. e45700.
‘Getting addicted to it and losing a lot of money… it’s just like a hole.’ A grounded theory model of how social determinants shape adolescents’ choices to not gamble	Hing, N., Thorne, H., Lole, L., (...), Hodge, N., Rockloff, M.	2024	BMC Public Health, 24(1), art. no. 1270.
Gambling participation and risk after COVID-19: Analysis of a population representative longitudinal panel of Australians	Suomi, A., Kim, J., Hahn, M.H., Biddle, N.	2024	Addiction.
Using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Predict Self-Reported Problem Gambling Among Online Casino Gamblers from Different Countries Using Account-Based Player Data	Hopfgartner, N., Auer, M., Helic, D., Griffiths, M.D.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Keeping you connected or keeping you addicted? Weekly use of social media platforms is associated with hazardous alcohol use and problem gambling among adults	Savolainen, I., Oksanen, A.	2024	Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59(3), art. no. agae024.
Exploring the impact of smartphone addiction on decision-making behavior in college students: an fNIRS study based on the Iowa Gambling Task	Liu, X., Tian, R., Bai, X., (...), Zhou, X., Lei, Y.	2024	Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, art. no. 1342521.
Self-Regulatory Strategies Reduce Gambling Spend and Harm in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Electronic Gaming Machine Players	Hing, N., Browne, M., Tulloch, C., Russell, A.M.T., Rockloff, M.	2024	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Online communities as a risk factor for gambling and gaming problems: A five-wave longitudinal study	Vepsäläinen, J., Kaakinen, M., Savolainen, I., (...), Vuorinen, I., Oksanen, A.	2024	Computers in Human Behavior, 157, art. no. 108246.
Problem Gambling and Suicidal Behaviours in Young Adult men in Ghana: A Moderated Mediation Model of Psychological Distress and Social Support: Journal of Gambling Studies	Koompah, D., Teye-Kwadjo, E., Kretchy, I.A.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
A Longitudinal Investigation of Lower-Risk Gambling Limits in the Canadian National Study	Gooding, N.B., Young, M.M., Hodgins, D.C.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.
Skill-Based Electronic Gaming Machines: Features that Mimic Video Gaming, Features that could Contribute to Harm, and Their Potential Attraction to Different Groups	Newall, P., Rockloff, M., Thorne, H., (...), Browne, M., Dellosa, G.	2024	Journal of Gambling Studies.