Journal of Gambling Studies最新文献

{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Examination of the Relationships Between Sports and Race Betting Motives, Expenditure, Problem Severity, and Harm in Young Australian Adults.","authors":"C O Hawker, A C Thomas, S S Merkouris, S E Dias, G F Craigie, M N Gandhi, N A Dowling","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10533-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10533-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sports and race betting are high-risk gambling activities used by young adults, yet limited research has examined how motives relate to outcomes assessed separately for each betting activity. This online survey examined associations between sports- and race-specific betting motives (enhancement, financial, social, coping) and betting expenditure, problem severity, and harm among young Australian adults. The sample comprised 188 participants aged 18-30 years (84.6% male; M_age= 24.11), including 185 sports betting participants and 127 race betting participants (defined as ≥2 bets in the past month and in a typical month over the past year). Separate linear regressions showed that financial motives were positively associated with sports betting expenditure (β = .16, p = .006), with no associations for race betting expenditure. Financial and coping motives were independently, positively associated with sports and race betting problem severity (sports: financial β = .34; coping β = .39; race: financial β = .19; coping β = .46) and harm (sports: financial β = .23; coping β = .47; race: financial β =.22; coping β = .49) in multivariable models (all p ≤ .004), demonstrating small-to-moderate associations for financial motives and moderate associations for coping motives. At the univariable level, social motives were positively associated with sports betting problem severity (β = .19, p= .007), and enhancement motives were positively associated with race betting problem severity (β = .32, p= .001). Findings highlight financial and coping motives as potential targets for early identification and prevention of harmful betting among young adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148392072","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":"Professionals' Perspectives On the Role of Advanced Technologies in Responsible Gambling.","authors":"Beatriz C R Barroso, Leonor G Cardoso, Pedro Morgado, António Marques, Carla Rocha, Mark D Griffiths, Ricardo Queirós, Artemisa R Dores","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10525-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10525-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Problematic gambling is associated with substantial individual and societal harms, which may be intensified by the accessibility, anonymity, and captivating design of online gambling products. In this domain, advanced technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence and data analytics) are increasingly recommended for prevention, early detection, and harm reduction. This study aimed to examine the current and potential uses of advanced technologies in gambling. Forty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted with social/legal science (n = 24) and technology (n = 21) experts. Data were analysed using thematic analysis, beginning with a deductive approach followed by an inductive analysis. A total of 182 codes were identified from social/legal science professionals, and 228 from technology experts. Four overarching themes were identified: (i) characterisation of contemporary gambling; (ii) applications and implications of advanced technologies; (iii) regulatory frameworks and challenges; and (iv) recommendations and solutions. Profit-driven design practices, heightened vulnerabilities in online gambling environments, regulatory gaps, and concerns regarding algorithmic opacity and data use were highlighted. Advanced technologies were viewed as having a dual role, with potential both to exacerbate gambling-related harm and to enable earlier identification of risky behaviours and targeted interventions. Findings indicate that responsible gambling cannot rely solely on technological solutions (e.g., behavioural monitoring and limit-setting) and should be instead integrated with community-level strategies, public education, and robust regulatory oversight. Leveraging technological innovation alongside user protection is essential, requiring interdisciplinary collaboration, a public health-oriented approach, and transparent, evidence-based and ethically governed frameworks. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148377508","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":"Religiosity and Online Gambling Addiction: A Serial Mediation Model of Perceived Social Support and Life Satisfaction within the Framework of Conservation of Resources Theory.","authors":"Faruk Caner Yam, Yasin Demir, Züleyha Sedef Tekin, Hakan Karaman","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10531-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10531-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to examine the serial mediating roles of perceived social support and life satisfaction in the relationship between religiosity and online gambling addiction within the framework of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory. A total of 771 individuals (34.4% female, 65.6% male) aged between 18 and 69 years (M = 31.98, SD = 10.42) participated in the study. Data were collected using the Religiosity Scale, the Internet Gambling Addiction Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Correlation analyses indicated that online gambling addiction was negatively associated with religiosity, perceived social support, and life satisfaction, whereas positive relationships were found among religiosity, social support, and life satisfaction. Serial mediation analysis was conducted using PROCESS Macro Model 6. The results revealed that religiosity showed a significant negative total association with online gambling addiction; however, this direct association became non-significant when mediators were included in the model. Perceived social support and life satisfaction both significantly mediated this relationship, and the serial mediation pathway was also found to be significant. The findings suggest that higher religiosity is associated with lower levels of online gambling addiction through greater perceived social support and life satisfaction. Consistent with COR theory, the results indicate that the accumulation of social and psychological resources may be associated with lower vulnerability to behavioral addictions. The study contributes to the literature by offering a resource-based and process-oriented explanation of the relationship between religiosity and online gambling addiction and provides implications for prevention and intervention programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148363172","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":"\"Would You Be Comfortable Telling Your Family How Much You Lost Gambling Today?\": An Experimental Comparison of Self-Appraisal Gambling Harm Prevention Messages.","authors":"Philip Newall, Leonardo Weiss-Cohen, Simon T van Baal, Maira Andrade, Jamie Torrance, Leon Y Xiao","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10528-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10899-026-10528-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling harm prevention messages are catching up with best practices from tobacco: Australia has implemented seven independently-designed messages, and the UK is due to make a similar change to replace industry-designed slogans. Three of the seven Australian messages are \"self-appraisal\" messages, such as \"What's gambling really costing you?\", that encourage people to reflect on their gambling behavior. These three Australian self-appraisal messages were tested against another three from the previous literature and four novel messages, using a mixed-methods approach on 3,993 UK-based gamblers. Message effectiveness was calculated in two ways: firstly, by the messages' average rank across four relevant self-report outcomes (e.g., \"this message makes me want to gamble less\") and secondly, by their proportion of participant comments that yielded positive sentiment. One novel message, \"Would you be comfortable telling your family how much you lost gambling today?\" ranked highest across both approaches. Nine messages ranked similarly across the two approaches, with only the Australian message \"What are you really gambling with?\" obtaining divergent rankings of tenth and fourth across the two approaches. Free-text responses highlighted a preference for short, punchy messages, with opinions divided regarding whether vague or concrete messages were better at prompting self-reflection. Messages all yielded more negative than positive sentiment, and only began to appear relevant to participants with higher Problem Gambling Severity Index scores. We inform a growing number of researchers and policymakers who are interested in implementing independently-designed gambling harm prevention messages, including self-appraisal messages.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148340683","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":"Neurobehavioral Heterogeneity in Problem Gambling Severity and Nicotine Use Risk: Divergent Profiles of Cognitive and Emotional Control.","authors":"Fatemeh Shahrajabian, Jafar Hassani, Narges Kadivar Motlagh, Yasaman Razavian","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10519-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10519-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Impairments in cognitive and emotional control are widely implicated in both behavioral and substance-related addictive behaviors. However, it remains unclear whether problem gambling severity and nicotine use risk are characterized by distinct neurobehavioral profiles. The present study investigated differences in cognitive emotion regulation, impulsivity, inhibitory control, and risky decision-making among individuals with elevated problem gambling severity, individuals with elevated nicotine use risk, and healthy controls. To enhance the generalizability of existing findings, 450 participants (150 per group) were recruited in Iran, representing a non-Western cultural context, in 2024. Data were collected using validated Persian versions of the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), and Go/No-Go Task. Participants with elevated problem gambling severity demonstrated significantly higher impulsivity, greater use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and poorer inhibitory control relative to both participants with elevated nicotine use risk and healthy controls. In contrast, participants with elevated nicotine use risk exhibited greater risky decision-making and selective impulsivity compared with healthy controls. Although some impairments overlapped across the two addiction-related groups, the findings indicated partially distinct neurobehavioral profiles. Specifically, elevated problem gambling severity was more strongly associated with maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation and inhibitory control deficits, whereas elevated nicotine use risk was characterized primarily by heightened risk-taking tendencies. These findings contribute to a more differentiated understanding of heterogeneity across addictive behaviors and may support the development of more targeted prevention and intervention approaches tailored to specific neurobehavioral profiles.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148296785","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 'Six Others' to Edge Conservation: A Network Reconciliation of Gambling Harm to Others.","authors":"Matthew Browne, Catherine Tulloch, Mitchell D Woodbright","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10521-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10521-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The widely cited estimate that there are approximately 'six others' affected per person with problem gambling implies, when projected to the population level, a count of affected others that is highly inconsistent with prevalence data - likely due to some combination of biased reporting and network clustering that inflates relationship counts relative to unique individuals. By reconciling conflicting reports from gamblers and those they harm, and explicitly modelling network clustering-where the same people are often harmed by multiple gamblers-we estimate that, at the population level, approximately 4.7 people are affected for every person with problem gambling. Correcting this population-level overestimate does not eliminate the prevention paradox: low- and moderate-risk gamblers still account for the majority (70%) of all vectors of harm transmission in the population, despite lower reconciled fan-out than problem gamblers. We also find that nearly one in four affected others are themselves at-risk gamblers due to network effects, experiencing roughly double the exposure of non-gamblers. Our reconciliation of the available evidence confirms that the transmission of gambling harm concentrates in dense social networks (including families) rather than dispersing randomly. The edge-conservation framework we develop can be updated as new data becomes available, and applies broadly to any behavioural harm that propagates through social networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148266619","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":"A Balancing Act: How Affected Others Support Themselves and Those Who Gamble.","authors":"Monique N Gandhi, Nicki A Dowling, Anna C Thomas, Simone N Rodda, Chloe O Hawker, Stephanie E Dias, Stephanie S Merkouris","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10513-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10513-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling-related harm affects not only the individual who gambles, but also their families, friends, and the wider community, referred to as affected others (AOs). AOs experience substantial harms across financial, relational, and psychological domains, yet remain underrepresented in treatment settings. Emerging evidence indicates that AOs have dual needs: support to manage their own gambling-related harm and guidance on how to support the person who gambles. However, these needs are underexplored, particularly beyond intimate partners. To address these gaps, this study asked two research questions: (1) what strategies do AOs use to reduce gambling-related harm, and (2) do these strategies differ by relationship type. A secondary analysis of 44 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with partners, family members, friends, and colleagues was conducted using reflexive thematic analysis. Three themes described how AOs navigated gambling-related harm within this dual-needs framework: Holding it together (protecting wellbeing by talking to others, seeking professional support, setting boundaries, and creating distance); Pushing for change (trying to influence gambling behaviour by restricting access to shared finances, setting spending limits, and encouraging help-seeking); and Different needs, limited options (a desire for practical, skill-based supports alongside barriers to access). Across themes, partners tended to use more direct strategies such as ultimatums and financial controls, whereas non-partners more often adopted indirect, advisory or supportive roles. These relational differences suggest that interventions should be tailored to relationship type and explicitly build AO-focused support, so that available resources align with how AOs are actually managing gambling-related harm rather than treating AOs as a uniform group.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148254092","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 Harms Statistically Mediate the Association between Risk-weighted Gambling Involvement and Wellbeing in a Population-representative Sample.","authors":"Matthew Browne, Tara Shannahan, Josephine Platz, Catherine Tulloch, Alex M T Russell, Nerilee Hing, Matthew J Rockloff","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10524-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10524-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The widely adopted functional definition of gambling-related harm implies a three-part pathway: gambling engagement gives rise to harmful consequences, which in turn reduce health and wellbeing. This pathway has not previously been tested in general-population data. A population-weighted Australian analytic sample (N=4,001) was used to test whether this structure holds empirically. A risk-weighted gambling involvement index was derived from form-specific frequencies, with greater weight given to forms most strongly associated with gambling problems. Weighted mediation models showed that gambling harms statistically accounted for the observed association between gambling involvement and reduced wellbeing: indirect effects through harms were consistently negative and robust to demographic adjustment, while direct effects of gambling involvement were essentially zero once harms were included. The pattern held for both an expanded 26-item harm composite and the shorter 10-item gambling harms screen (GHS-10), and was clearest for life satisfaction and mental wellbeing. These results provide the first cross-sectional pathway-based support for the structure implied by this definition in representative population data. As a corollary, they support the construct validity of direct harm screens, which behave as expected of measures occupying the harm position in this pathway. Population-level effect sizes were modest, reflecting the concentration of harm burden in a minority of gamblers, but the wellbeing deficit among those reporting harms was substantial.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148220350","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":"Cryptocurrency Trading in Emerging Adulthood: An Adaptation of the Gambling Epidemiological Model.","authors":"Arnau Carmona, Paul Delfabbro","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10526-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10526-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Crypto-asset speculation and high-frequency trading have emerged as areas of interest in behavioral addictions because of their similarities with gambling and the reported presentation of harmed individuals at treatment services. Many of these people are younger and this leads to consideration as to why these new digital markets might be particularly attractive to this demographic group. Here we propose a conceptual framework based on Korn and Shaffer's (1999) gambling epidemiological model to elucidate the specific vulnerability of emerging adults. Using the epidemiological triad, we analyze: (1) the Host, characterized by neurobiological asynchrony, individual differences in impulsivity and sensation seeking, Fear of Missing Out, and cognitive biases that predispose individuals to risk; (2) the Agent, where platforms implement a predatory architecture based on gamblification, variable-ratio reinforcement mechanisms, and dark patterns to foster compulsive trading; and (3) the Environment, defined by a digital ecosystem where finfluencers and the dynamics of tribalism (identity fusion) within unregulated digital communities suppress risk perception. The clinical and public health implications of this framework are discussed, positioning developments in the therapeutic approach to disordered gambling as a model for proactive regulation and prevention strategies to address the risks and harms associated with speculative crypto-asset trading.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148220398","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":"Affected Others of Problem Gambling: Prevalence and Health Associations Across Relationship Types - A Population-Representative Swedish Study.","authors":"Kristina Sundqvist, Peter Wennberg","doi":"10.1007/s10899-026-10522-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10522-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gambling-related harm extends beyond the individual who gambles and affects others in their social environment, referred to as affected others (AO). This study examined the prevalence of AO by relationship type and socio-demographic characteristics, and assessed health outcomes across different AO categories in the general Swedish population. Data were drawn from the national survey Gambling and Health 2021, conducted by the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The sample comprised 7,343 respondents aged 16-84 years. Past year AO status was assessed for family members or close relatives, friends, and colleagues or fellow students. Health outcomes included indicators of mental, behavioural, and relational health. Associations were examined using adjusted logistic regression analyses. Overall, 11.1% of respondents reported that someone in their close social environment had experienced gambling problems at any point during the past 12 months, most commonly a friend (5.4%). AOs reported a higher prevalence of adverse mental, behavioural, and relational health outcomes than non-AOs. After adjustment, AO status remained associated with moderate mental distress across all relationship types, with additional associations observed for serious mental distress among family AOs. Behavioural outcomes remained elevated among family and friend AOs, including at-risk gambling and hazardous alcohol use. Relational outcomes showed the most consistent associations, including increased arguments across all AO categories, experiences of violence among friend AOs, and work-related conflicts, particularly among work/school AOs. The findings indicate that AOs constitute a substantial and heterogeneous group in the population and underscore the relevance of considering relationship type when addressing gambling-related harm.</p>","PeriodicalId":48155,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148177025","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}