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Gambling has impacts on many aspects of life – including employment, income and wealth. The release of HILDA’s latest survey provides more evidence to help inform decisions on gambling policy.
Fantasy sports began as a niche hobby for statistically inclined sports fanatics. But, with the internet, it has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry.
When is the upcoming ban on early evening TV sports betting ads not a real ban? When it’s a partial ban that ignores how real people watch sport.
It is gambling, especially online and mobile, that has come into focus as sport’s most potentially damaging byproduct.
There is reason to suggest new reforms, such a banning credit bets and establishing a self-exclusion register, will have some impact in helping to tackle problem gambling online.
The NRL is trying to reduce its exposure to the integrity risks posed by spot-fixing.
Restrictions on gambling advertisements may be effective in helping those with problems manage their urges to gamble.
No state wants to see its revenue base decline – particularly when the jurisdiction benefiting doesn’t even tax (or regulate) its bookies as well as it might.
Gambling losses in Australia are now close to $23 billion. What’s driving this? And do we need to reform gambling regulation?
There were 1.39m gambling ads on television in 2012.
Polls suggest that Nick Xenophon’s team will win a bag of Senate seats. Along with a re-elected Andrew Wilkie, and the Greens, will there be enthusiasm for gambling reform in the next parliament?
Are regular bettors and the house helped or hurt when deep-pocketed, high-volume computer-assisted bettors are wagering? Mathematicians used game theory to model this new wrinkle in parimutuel betting.
Online wagering is likely to be very harmful to a new generation of gamblers who habitually use mobile devices. It has the capacity to be very high intensity.
The current controversy over match-fixing in tennis has some ironic elements. Anyone watching the Australian Open on free-to-air TV will notice the proliferation of sports betting ads.
Betting on sports has been illegal in most states since 1992. Is it time that changed?
The gambling industry knows how to wield power, and does it with great expertise, backed by significant resources.
The fledgling industry faces a minefield that could undermine its valuation and growth.
At least 75% of those with a gambling problem have it because of poker machines in clubs or pubs. Yet we see little concern from the government about this group.
Sports betting hasn’t quite got the hold on Australians that poker machines have – yet. We can stop the harm from growing if we act early.
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Clinical Psychology, University of Memphis
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Associate Professor of Sport Media, University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, East Tennessee State University
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Clinical Psychologist, University of Sydney
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Researcher, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Statistics, Miami University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
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Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University
