Harm reduction in gambling: a systematic review of industry strategies

Use of Consumer Protection Tools on Internet Gambling Sites: Customer Perceptions, Motivators, and Barriers to Use

“…However, the gambling operators from which participants were recruited all use the term 'responsible gambling'. The term responsible gambling should be avoided where possible as this term may be interpreted to imply that it is the gambler's individual responsibility to gamble in a sustainable way without recognising the interplay between the gambling product and environment (Blaszczynski et al, 2011;Ivanova, Rafi, Lindner, & Carlbring, 2019;Reith, 2008).Terminology is needed to clarify that the tools are relevant for the entire consumer base (e.g., play management or account tools) to ensure that gambling is sustainable and affordable and to prevent the development of related problems (Tanner, Drawson, Mushquash, Mushquash, & Mazmanian, 2017). As most gamblers already set themselves budgets, there is a clear perceived recognition of the importance of such actions.…”

Is There a Health Inequality in Gambling Related Harms? A Systematic Review

“…Twenty-two studies include data on age, and several of these found that being younger was associated with a higher risk of experiencing gambling harms [39][40][41][42][43][44] . In particular one study found that younger age groups (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34) were at risk of dependence and social harms 39 , and Ferrara et al 42 found that as well as higher rates of what they label "problematic gambling", younger age groups showed a higher comorbidity with other addictions.…”

“…There have been a number of recent Systematic Reviews completed in the eld of gambling, investigating a range of ideas. For example, the relationship between crime and gambling disorders 5,6 , quality of life measurement tools 7 , comorbidity with other conditions 8 , socioeconomic risk factors and vulnerable populations 9 , impulsivity in gambling 10,11 , harms reported by signi cant others 12 , or potential interventions and harm minimisation tools [13][14][15][16] . Despite this body of research, and many individual studies investigating speci c gambling harms, a systematic review of how harms are distributed across society hasn't yet been done.…”

Adolescent problem gambling requires community-level health promotion approaches

“…Youth vulnerability to gambling is also increased due to the fact that most industry-implemented or environmentallevel problem gambling reduction strategies do not focus on adolescents per se (see Tanner et al 2017). Furthermore, in some countries, the government provides conflicting messages to adolescents concerning the risks and legality of gambling.…”