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{"title":"The Prevalence of Gambling Advertising during a Matchday of the German Bundesliga: A Frequency and Content Analysis of Live TV Coverage, Sport Highlight Programmes and Social Media.","authors":"Johannes Singer, Steffen Otterbach","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10560-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10560-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling advertising is prevalent in sports, especially football. Sponsoring teams, leagues, and national and international competitions is an effective marketing strategy for gambling providers to reach a wide audience. This 'gamblification' of football poses risks to public health, particularly for vulnerable groups. To protect the population from gambling-related harm, the State Treaty on Gambling stipulates that gambling advertising must not be excessive and must not target at-risk groups. Therefore, this study conducted an initial investigation of gambling advertising during a German Bundesliga matchday. Nine matches from the 31st matchday of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season were analysed for the frequency and content of gambling advertising. The analysis covered live television broadcasts, pre- and post-match coverage, half-time, and commercial breaks. Two sports highlight programmes were examined, and social media activity was evaluated by reviewing the accounts of ten sports betting providers and using the Meta-Ad Library. The prevalence of gambling advertising was substantial, with 18,708 references identified. Most references occurred during live broadcasts on pitchside hoardings with minimal implementation of social responsibility measures. Providers predominantly use paid-for advertising on social media to target a young male demographic. This study uses a Bundesliga matchday to illustrate the role of gambling advertising in German football events. The scope, content, and strategies of such advertising raise significant concerns, particularly regarding the potential risks posed to children and adolescents. These findings can assist policymakers in evaluating whether the current regulations designed to protect the public from gambling-related harm are sufficiently robust.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gambling, Discrimination, and Stressful Life Events among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Patients.","authors":"Anna Pagano, Nadra E Lisha, Jennifer T Le, Caravella McCuistian","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10567-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10567-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People with addictive disorders are vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, which can impact addiction treatment outcomes through increased psychological distress and reduced self-efficacy. We investigated relationships between problem gambling, psychological distress, self-efficacy, and stressful life experiences related to identity among patients in SUD treatment. Patients (N = 590) from 19 residential treatment facilities across California completed a survey on substance use, problem gambling, psychological distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - K6), self-efficacy, and intersectional discrimination [Intersectional Discrimination Index - Major (InDI-M)]. Multivariable regression analyses compared three groups on these measures: problem gambling (PG, n = 70), non-problem gambling (NPG, n = 154), and no gambling (NG, n = 366). About 38% of the sample reported past-year gambling. Compared to NG, PG had higher lifetime (mean difference [MD] = 2.61, 95% CI = 0.80, 4.42) and past-year (MD = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.37, 2.27) InDI-M scores; and higher K6 scores (MD = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.14, 3.04). PG also had increased risk of lifetime eviction (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.49, 95% CI = 1.66, 3.75) and property damage/theft (AOR = 2.99, 95% CI = 1.43, 6.26); and past-year relationship loss (AOR = 4.95, 95% CI = 1.77, 13.83) and physical attack (AOR = 2.57, 95% CI = 1.40, 4.72) compared to NG. In this sample, PG reported more psychological distress and identity-based stressful experiences. Clinical interventions for SUD patients with comorbid PG should prioritize trauma-informed approaches, self-stigma reduction, and case navigation for social determinants of health such as housing insecurity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149185449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Invisible Obstacles: Audit of Consumer Experience When Calling Gambling Helplines in the United States.","authors":"Natasha M Bourgoin, Mark R Hastings, Jordan N Jones, Meredith K Ginley, James P Whelan","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10565-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10565-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling helplines offer an important entry point to treatment for individuals who experience harm from gambling problems. To date, research has not directly explored callers' expectations for helplines or whether helplines consistently connect individuals to services and resources. Across two studies, this research (1) explored the expectations for helpline interactions among 179 adults in the United States who had gambled within the past year, and (2) examined the customer experience of contacting gambling helplines in 48 states using an audit methodology. In Study 1, when asked about their expectations, survey participants placed the greatest importance on receiving nonjudgmental, compassionate support from a knowledgeable human rather than an automated system. Further, participants indicated they were unlikely to call the same helpline again should their first experience not meet expectations. In Study 2, trained research assistants posing as customers requesting to be connected with treatment services conducted 96 audit calls (i.e., 2 per state, excluding the two states without legalized gambling). Overall, 91% of calls were answered, but only 66% of answered calls led to a treatment referral. When combining metrics for call length, provision of a concrete treatment referral, and a call experience coded as helpful, only 31% of calls were successful. Results suggest that while gambling helplines provide a critical access point to treatment, substantial barriers may limit their effectiveness. Efforts to improve access to care for those experiencing gambling-related harms must consider the expectations gamblers hold for helplines, as well as the obstacles callers are likely to encounter when making a call, and work to improve the referral process.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149171168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Distribution of Losses Among Horse Race Bettors: An Analysis of Account-Based Player Tracking Data.","authors":"Kerem Buzcular, Ingeborg Rossow, Ståle Pallesen, Tony Leino","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10568-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10568-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research on gambling loss patterns has mainly relied on self-reported data, which has some inherent biases (e.g., low accuracy). While some studies are based on large samples of horse bettors, few have examined how losses are distributed among them. The aim of this exploratory study was to examine the concentration of losses among gamblers playing horse betting games. Norsk Rikstoto, the Norwegian horse betting monopoly, provided account-based gambling data for all customers who bet with them between 2021 and 2023, covering 13 horse betting formats. To describe the shape of the loss distribution for each format, we calculated the mean-to-median loss ratio, the Gini coefficient, and the shares of total losses attributable to the top 1%, 5%, 10%, and 20% of bettors. Across all 13 betting formats combined, the mean-to-median loss ratio was 7.06 (min: 4.88, max: 11.53) and the Gini coefficient was 0.81 (min: 0.77, max: 0.87). Overall, the top 1% of bettors accounted for almost one-quarter of total losses (24.7%), while the top 20% accounted for 86.0%. This imbalance was most pronounced for single-race games (top 1%: 26.2-39.5%; top 20%: 87.3-91.5%) compared with the multi-race V-games (top 1%: 19.9-23.9%; top 20%: 81.0-87.5%). In summary, losses in horse betting are heavily concentrated among a relatively small share of bettors. The degree of inequality differs across game types, suggesting that product characteristics may play a role in shaping who loses and by how much.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149171009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Online vs. In Person Gambling: Does Exposure to Brick-and-Mortar Gambling Shops Lead to Increased Online Gambling?","authors":"Jing Zhang, Luning Li, Emmanouil Tranos","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10566-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10566-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rise of online gambling in Great Britain in the past two decades has caused increased public health concerns. This study adds to existing evidence on physical gambling environment as a driver of gambling participation, using a 2022 national survey. With respect to gambling-related risks, existing evidence suggests a relationship, albeit complex, between gambling opportunities and increased levels of related problems. The study cuts into this complexity by factorising the risk of online gambling, and leveraging a double negative control design to estimate the causal effect of exposure to physical gambling shops on individuals' online gambling participation. Our findings show that, for the survey sample, an increase in shop exposure predicts an increased average risk of online gambling. Measuring shop exposure by distance to nearest shops, we find that for all-type gambling (i.e gaming and betting), being in the highest versus lowest exposure decile raises the risk of online gambling by around 1.49 fold for the general population, and around 1.69 fold for the rural-suburban residents. These observations are in line with existing research reporting gambling risk differentials across exposure levels. Besides contributing causal estimates of these risk differences on average and for urban, rural residents, the study provides novel insights on the interpretations of the main findings in terms of partial substitution between online vs. land-based gambling. The results and methods from this study are relevant for theoretical as well as policy debates on possible interventions to prevent and mitigate online gambling harms.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149168358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sportsbook Promotions and the Growth of Parlay Wagering.","authors":"Richard Borghesi, Steven Salaga, Michael Mondello","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10562-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10562-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sportsbook promotions may influence not only how much consumers bet but also which gambling products they choose. This distinction matters because multi-leg, or parlay, wagers combine multiple contingencies into a single, longer-odds wager, and prior research associates them with higher sportsbook margins and substantially larger average realized bettor losses per wager than single-leg wagers. Using approximately 547 million National Football League (NFL) wagers placed with a regulated U.S. sportsbook during the 2018-2023 regular seasons, we estimate bettor-week panel regressions with bettor and NFL week-of-season fixed effects and controls for wager count and total stake to examine whether greater parlay wagering coincides with the introductions of sportsbook bonuses, free bets, and profit boosts. Parlay wager and stake shares increased substantially in 2021 and further in 2022 and 2023, coinciding respectively with the first offering of sportsbook bonuses, free bets, and profit boosts. Cumulative 2023 panel estimates place both shares approximately 19% points above the 2018-2020 reference period. After excluding directly promotional wagers, both shares remained approximately 17% points above the reference period. Season-boundary regression discontinuity (RD) estimates based on non-promotional wagers provide complementary evidence: discontinuities in parlay wager and stake shares were negative at the start of each control season but positive at the start of each promotion-period season. The findings indicate that the 2021-2023 promotional periods coincided with a substantial shift toward parlays and suggest that assessments of the relationship between sportsbook promotions and bettor behavior should consider product choice alongside wagering participation and volume.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Delay Discounting to Gambling Harm: Gambling-related Cognitive Distortions as Mediating Pathways.","authors":"Marija Stanković, Predrag Teovanović, Saša R Filipović, Jovana Bjekić","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10557-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10557-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Delay discounting is a well-established behavioral vulnerability marker across addictive disorders, including gambling disorder. However, the cognitive processes through which steep delay discounting relates to gambling problems remain unclear. This study investigates gambling-related cognitive distortions as potential correlates linking impulsive decision-making to gambling harm, addressing the gap between distal neurocognitive risk markers and proximal addiction severity. In a sample of active gamblers (N = 1484), we administered a delay discounting task alongside self-report measures of gambling-related cognitive distortions, problem gambling severity, and gambling frequency. Higher delay discounting rates significantly predicted problem gambling severity, even after controlling for education and socioeconomic status, highlighting its unique association with gambling harm. Mediation analyses revealed that the association between delay discounting and gambling harm was predominantly indirect, with specific loss-of-control beliefs and interpretative bias emerging as the strongest proximal cognitive correlates, emphasizing the specificity of cognitive distortions that account for this relationship. The findings are consistent with Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution assumptions concerning the role of cognitive processes in the association between impulsive reward valuation and gambling harm. The findings suggest that delay discounting may be associated with problem gambling severity through gambling-related cognitive distortions, indicating that this relationship may partly involve how gambling experiences are interpreted and appraised. Targeting gambling-specific cognitive distortions may therefore be essential for successful prevention and treatment efforts. Due to the cross-sectional nature of our data, longitudinal or experimental studies are needed to examine causal relationships and clarify the temporal pathways linking delay discounting, cognitive distortions, and gambling disorder severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When Entertainment Normalizes Risk: Affective Engagement with Gambling-Themed Media, Permissive Attitudes, and Casino Visit Intention.","authors":"Yoonjae Nam, Jiwon Park","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10564-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10564-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling is an increasingly normalized leisure activity, yet the role of entertainment media in cultivating favorable gambling attitudes remains understudied, with most evidence concerning advertising and youth rather than entertainment portrayals and adults. Drawing on cultivation theory and models of narrative persuasion, this study examined whether affective engagement with gambling-themed film, television, and digital games is associated with permissive gambling attitudes and, in turn, casino visit intention among 517 Korean adults. Affective engagement was strongly associated with permissive attitudes, which mediated most of its relationship with intention; the association was descriptively strongest for interactive games. Notably, perceived gambling harm bore little relationship to intention, and effects did not vary by prior casino experience. Findings extend the media-normalization framework to gambling and suggest that risk-focused messaging alone may be insufficient to counter the normalization associated with entertainment portrayals.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149117034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial Determinants and Beliefs About Gambling Control: A Cross-National Structural Model of Problem Gambling Severity.","authors":"Chiara Barone, Michele Paleologo, Benedetta Cesti, Virginia Attisani, Rebecca Losi, Stefano De Vita, Guendalina Graffigna","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10553-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10553-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling-related harm is increasingly recognized as a public health concern, yet the role of financial factors in problem gambling remains insufficiently understood. This study examined the associations of financial knowledge, risk-oriented financial behaviour, prudent financial attitudes, and financial anxiety with problem gambling severity. A focused Health Belief Model-informed framework was used to investigate whether perceived benefits of reducing gambling, perceived barriers to gambling reduction, and gambling-related self-efficacy statistically accounted for indirect associations between financial variables and Problem Gambling Severity Index scores. Data were collected from 2,000 adults who had gambled during the previous 12 months in Italy and the United Kingdom. The measurement structure was evaluated through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and cross-country measurement invariance testing. Direct, indirect, and total associations were subsequently examined using multi-group structural equation modelling. Financial anxiety was positively associated with problem gambling severity in both countries, whereas financial knowledge and prudent financial attitudes showed inverse associations. Risk-oriented financial behaviour showed a positive direct association with gambling severity in Italy but not in the United Kingdom. Perceived barriers emerged as the strongest HBM-related correlate of gambling severity and accounted for the principal supported indirect associations involving financial anxiety, financial knowledge, and prudent financial attitudes. Perceived benefits and self-efficacy were not independently associated with gambling severity. These findings suggest that gambling-related harm is associated not only with financial competence and vulnerability, but also with the perceived difficulty of reducing gambling. Prevention may therefore benefit from combining financial education with measures that reduce practical, cognitive, and emotional barriers to gambling control.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149031454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial Hardship and Problem Gambling Severity Among Young South Koreans: A Conditional Strain Model.","authors":"Pansoo Kim, Keungeun Lee, WooJin Kang, Gangheong Lee, Saerom Lee","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10556-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10556-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Commercial gambling has become increasingly digitized and normalized, placing young adults in frequent contact with betting and other reward-oriented spending opportunities through mobile environments. Understanding gambling-related harm therefore requires attention to the economic and psychological conditions surrounding young adults. Guided by general strain theory, we examined whether financial hardship was associated with problem gambling severity through depressive symptoms and low self-control and whether these paths varied according to discretionary spending on games, betting, or gambling and gender. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional online and mobile survey of 1,929 adults aged 18-35 in the Daegu-Gyeongsangbuk-do region of South Korea. The proposed paths were estimated using partial least squares structural equation modelling, with a Negative Binomial Type 2 (NB2) model used to assess robustness. Financial hardship was positively associated with depressive symptoms and low self-control. Depressive symptoms showed a strong association with problem gambling severity that remained robust in the NB2 model. Across the two models, the association between depressive symptoms and problem gambling severity remained significant. These findings extend the application of general strain theory to gambling among young adults and indicate that financial hardship and depressive symptoms warrant joint consideration in gambling-harm screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}