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{"title":"A Gambling Financial Harm Screener (GFHS) for Payment Institutions: Multi-Method Development and Preliminary Validation.","authors":"Nathan Lakew, Jakob Jonsson, Joakim Abdinur Iusuf, Kasra Ghaharian, Philip Lindner","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10555-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10555-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disordered gambling, a form of behavioral addiction characterized by persistent gambling despite harmful consequences, is inherently associated with financial harm. While established diagnostic instruments exist, they are primarily designed for clinical or gambling-service contexts and are not readily applicable within financial system infrastructures that process gambling-related transactions. The current study describes the development and initial validation of the Gambling Financial Harm Screener (GFHS), a psychometrically grounded instrument designed to assess gambling-related harm through financial activity patterns. The study drew on two separate datasets: real-world payment transactions (N = 2,301) to establish the feasibility of operationalizing behavioral indicators, and an independent survey-validation sample (N= 324) for psychometric evaluation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor structure that distinguished Behavioral Financial Harm (BFH) from Subjective Financial Distress (SFD), with high internal consistency across both factors (ordinal α= .887 and .890). The resulting self-report scales (13-, 9-, and 6-item versions) showed strong discrimination of problem gambling (PGSI ≥ 8; test-set AUCs = .89-.94). A transaction-only proof-of-concept version (GFHS-T6), evaluated using self-reported analogues of transaction-derived behaviors, showed good discrimination of problem gambling (PGSI ≥ 8; test-set AUC = .91) and demonstrated the feasibility of identifying harmful behavioral patterns from financial indicators. We conclude that the GFHS provides a structured framework for assessing gambling-related financial harm, whereas the GFHS-T6 demonstrates the potential for transaction-based screening in payment-system environments. Supplementary materials include developer guidance to support staged, non-commercial implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148977999","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 Casino Legalization and Onsite Casino Revenue: Evidence from Early Adopters in the United States.","authors":"Ege Can, Mark Nichols, Chaehyun Pyun","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10554-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10554-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the effect of online casino legalization on land-based casino revenues in the United States. Exploiting the concurrent 2013 legalization wave in New Jersey and Delaware, our synthetic difference-in-differences specifications estimate a persistent 13% contraction in land-based revenue. To account for the concurrent expansion of land-based competition in neighboring states, we construct a gravity-weighted measure of out-of-state competitor casino capacity from property-level regulatory data; the estimated contraction is essentially unchanged when this exposure measure is controlled for. A state-specific falsification and mechanism test sharpens the interpretation: the decline is concentrated in New Jersey, where a substantial regulated online market emerged (an 18% contraction, largely unchanged after inclusion of the competition measure and significant under placebo-variance inference), while Delaware, whose online market remained negligible, exhibits no detectable decline under a synthetically weighted counterfactual. We show that the net fiscal effect of legalization depends on the gap between online and land-based tax rates and on the scale of the online market a state can sustain. Finally, drawing on evidence that online gambling revenue is concentrated among heavy and problem gamblers, we discuss how part of the new tax revenue may function as a regressive transfer.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148921440","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":"Classification-Behavior Discordance and Problem Gambling: Differential Patterns for Fantasy Sports and Loot Boxes Among College Students.","authors":"Tiange Xu, Dante Miller, Andrea Dassopoulos","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10549-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10549-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fantasy sports and loot boxes share similarities with gambling yet remain largely unregulated as such, creating ambiguity in how individuals perceive and engage with these activities. While participation in both activities has been linked to problem gambling, whether individuals' classification of these activities as gambling is associated with differential risk has not been examined. This study introduces the concept of classification-behavior discordance, defined as the misalignment between how an individual classifies an activity and whether they participate in it. Using data from an online survey of 4,016 college students enrolled at public colleges and universities in Nevada, United States, we constructed four discordance groups for each activity based on the intersection of classification and participation: non-participants, aware participants, unaware participants, and non-participating classifiers. We conducted separate binary logistic regression models for fantasy sports and loot boxes to examine associations between discordance group membership and problem gambling. Results revealed divergent patterns across activities. For loot boxes, classifying the activity as gambling was associated with significantly elevated problem gambling risk among participants, whereas for fantasy sports, participating without classifying the activity as gambling was associated with significantly lower risk. These findings highlight the importance of considering individuals' subjective classification of gambling-like activities in problem gambling screening, prevention, and regulatory efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148913892","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":"Moving Up in Stakes in Tournament Poker: A k-means Analysis of Latent Subgroups of Online Poker Players.","authors":"Matthew A Tom, Timothy C Edson, Eric R Louderback, John M Slabczynski, Annette M Siu, Sarah E Nelson, Debi A LaPlante","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10527-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10527-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In tournament poker, skilled and profitable players can increase their stakes (e.g., enter tournaments with higher entry fees) in mathematically logical attempts to win more money faster. There are open questions about what types of players move up in stakes, and if those who move up in stakes are more likely to experience gambling-related problems. The current study addresses this issue by examining the actual tournament player records of a large European online gambling operator. For 1,603 players, we documented instances of moving up in stakes over a 66-month study period (February 2015 to July 2020). A k-means cluster analysis suggested four groups of players. Three groups were roughly defined by increasing levels of poker tournament involvement and ROI: Group A, least involved, worst ROI, n = 775; Group B, in the middle, n = 724; Group C, most involved, best (though still negative) ROI, n = 102. The last group, Group D, contained outliers (n = 2). Members of more involved groups were more likely than members of less involved groups to move up in stakes at least once. Members of Groups A and C were less likely to have a responsible gambling (RG) related account closure (either a temporary \"cool-off\" period preventing gambling on the website or a self- or operator-initiated account closure) than members of Group B. Moving up had no observable association with having an RG-related account closure within groups. Among less and moderately involved players, moving up in stakes is likely associated with increased poker tournament participation, but not with RG-related account closures.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148913879","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":"The Stranger at Home: Lived Experiences of Online Gambling Within the Family in Siirt, Türkiye.","authors":"Ahmet Bektaş, Adnan Toprak, Mustafa Solmaz, Fatih Solmaz, Sefa Erbaş, Seyfettin İliter, Yasin Parlar","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10552-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10552-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Online gambling is a growing public health concern whose harms extend to the family, yet its familial consequences remain underexplored in contexts where gambling is illegal and extended-family ties are strong. This study examined how men who gamble online perceive gambling to affect their families in Siirt, Türkiye. Using a qualitative exploratory design, in-person semi-structured interviews with nine married or previously married men who currently or formerly gambled online (recruited via purposive and snowball sampling) were analyzed with a hybrid deductive-inductive, codebook thematic analysis (Fereday & Muir-Cochrane, 2006), informed by the six phases of Braun and Clarke (2006). Four themes were identified: entry into online gambling and the experience of addiction; the internal disintegration of the nuclear family; the household's economic collapse and drift into crime; and the extended family, stigmatization, and the cultural framing of harm. Participants perceived gambling to erode communication and trust, dispossess the household, and displace men from the provider role, while family responses followed conventional gendered lines-disrupting the material division of roles while reactivating a traditional gender order. Distinctive contextual mechanisms emerged, including the extended family's collective debt-clearing in exchange for religious oaths and the operation of stigma through kinship networks that threatened collective family honor. Because all participants were gamblers, the findings reflect their perceptions of family impact rather than the direct experiences of affected others. The results extend a predominantly Western evidence base and underscore the need for culturally sensitive, family-inclusive support that works with existing kinship structures while protecting those most burdened.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907742","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 Channel Engagement Across Italy and the UK: The Role of Financial Literacy and Behavioural Diversification.","authors":"Chiara Barone, Benedetta Cesti, Virginia Attisani, Rebecca Losi, Stefano De Vita, Guendalina Graffigna","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10551-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10551-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling increasingly occurs across multiple access environments, yet research has often treated online and offline gambling as interchangeable modes of access rather than as distinct patterns of behavioural engagement. The present study examined whether gambling channel engagement was associated with type of game, financial literacy dimensions, financial anxiety, and national context. The study included 2,000 adult gamblers recruited in Italy (n = 1,000) and the United Kingdom (n = 1,000). Gambling channel was classified as offline-only, online-only, or mixed-channel engagement. A sequential multinomial logistic modelling strategy examined the contribution of gambling type and country, followed by Financial Knowledge, Financial Behaviour, Financial Attitudes, and Financial Anxiety. Country-specific models, formal interaction tests, demographic and socioeconomic adjustment, and non-parametric bootstrap analyses were also conducted. Gambling type was the strongest predictor of channel engagement. Strategic gambling and participation across multiple gambling-type categories were consistently associated with online and mixed-channel gambling relative to offline gambling. Financial Knowledge independently predicted both online and mixed-channel engagement, whereas Financial Behaviour, Financial Attitudes, and Financial Anxiety were not significant after adjustment for gambling type and country. UK participants had higher odds of online and mixed-channel gambling than Italian participants. Country-specific analyses showed that Financial Knowledge predicted online gambling in both countries and mixed-channel gambling in the UK. Formal interaction testing indicated that the association between Financial Knowledge and mixed-channel gambling was significantly stronger in the UK than in Italy. The findings suggest that gambling channel engagement reflects broader patterns of behavioural diversification rather than a simple preference for a particular mode of access. Financial Knowledge may be associated with participation across more complex and flexible gambling environments, although its role appears to vary across national contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148889151","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":"Efficacy of the School Gambling Prevention Program \"What's at stake?\": A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Daniel Lloret-Irles, Víctor Cabrera-Perona","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10486-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-026-10486-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":"961-977"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13578115/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147718248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patterns of Gambling and Other Risky Behaviors among Adolescents. A Latent Class Analysis Study on the 2021/22 Health Behaviors in School Children Survey Data.","authors":"Giovanni Aresi, Chiara Arienti, Elena Marta, Corrado Celata, Giusi Gelmi","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10479-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-026-10479-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":"905-924"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13578095/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147357091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physiological Evidence Supporting the Emotional Motivation Account of the Ending Effect: Pupil Diameters Increase Toward the End.","authors":"Zhushi Fu, Xiaotong Ding, Yutao Lu, Cai Xing","doi":"10.1007/s10899-025-10473-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-025-10473-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The phenomenon of increased risk-taking in the last round of a set of risky decision-making tasks is called the ending effect. Recent empirical studies proposed an emotional motivation account to explain the ending effect. That is, the pursuit of an emotionally satisfying ending leads to the increase of risk-taking. However, previous studies have mostly examined the ending effect at the behavioral level, there is yet no physiological evidence to examine the emotional motivation account. To fill in this gap of knowledge, the current study examined the emotional motivation account at the physiological level by recording pupil diameters, which reflect the activation of emotional motivation. Participants were randomly assigned to complete eight rounds or ten rounds of risk decision tasks while having their eyes tracked. The results showed a significant interaction between round and group on pupil diameter. Specifically, there was no significant difference between the first six rounds and the 8th round in the experimental group. For the control group, the pupil diameter of the first six rounds was significantly larger than the 8th round. Perceived ending may have sustained emotional arousal. This finding provides qualified physiological support for the emotional motivation account of the ending effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1191-1205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145953175","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":"Lived Experiences of Recovering and Recovered Gamblers: a Sentiment and Thematic Analysis.","authors":"Marla Royne Stafford, Raja Mallina, Matt Zarb-Cousin, Kenneth Martz, Robert Minnick","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10492-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-026-10492-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":"1253-1274"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785898","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}