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What’s New in Gambling Research profiles recently released research about gambling-related harms and problem gambling conducted in the UK and internationally, organised by timely issues and special populations. Research funding opportunities and upcoming events are also featured.
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Greo produces the What’s New in Gambling Research newsletter in support of the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. If you have information to share with the UK gambling research community, please submit it to Greo for inclusion in an upcoming issue.
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Research on factors related to youth gambling has found that young people (up to 24 years of age) are at a high risk of experiencing gambling-related harms. Further, early involvement in gambling may be predictive of experiencing gambling harms later in life. How can research on youth gambling inform age-appropriate prevention, education, and treatment services?
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Recently published gambling research
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Teachers spend a significant amount of time with students and their attitudes can make an impact on engagement in high-risk behaviour. The purpose of this study from Roberts et al (2022) was to understand teachers’ awareness of and attitudes towards adolescent gambling in the United Kingdom.
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These plain language research snapshots highlight emerging evidence related to youth gambling:
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Recently published specialised resources
including campaigns, reports, policy reviews, news, and discussion papers
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The Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines
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The Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines can be a useful resource to help regulators, public health professionals, people who gamble, and others reduce gambling-related harms in the population. This project included collaboration with researchers in eight countries, analysis of epidemiological data from over 60,000 people who gamble, consultation with a multi-sectorial advisory committee made up of over 20 members, input from over 10,000 people via an online survey, and qualitative data obtained from focus groups and interviews with people who gamble.
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Recently published gambling research
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This paper by Young et al (2022) presents the results from the first large-scale, comprehensive, international project to develop lower-risk gambling guidelines for adults. The paper describes two studies that the research team did to arrive at the final guidelines. The final recommendations for lower-risk gambling are presented as well as recommended messaging aimed at special risk populations and gambling types is also included.
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These research papers and plain language research snapshots highlight emerging evidence related to lower-risk gambling guidelines:
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Recently published specialised resources
including campaigns, reports, policy reviews, news, and discussion papers
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Research funding opportunities
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Open Access Funding (UK)
Providing free and open access to gambling research published in academic journals allows a greater number of stakeholders to benefit from existing evidence.
To encourage and support open science, Greo provides Open Access Funding for researchers affiliated with a UK institution who plan to publish open access gambling-related research.
To access these funds, authors or research groups must be affiliated with a UK institution. Individuals may be awarded this funding only once per calendar year (based on the manuscript acceptance date). Priority for this funding will be given to:
- Meta-analyses, systematic reviews of literature, and scoping reviews
- Secondary data analyses using datasets listed in the Greo's Evidence Centre
- Manuscripts that directly address gambling harm reduction
- Manuscripts that include policy implications for harm prevention, reduction, and/or mitigation
For information on eligibility and application guidelines, visit the Greo website.
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This event is hybrid and hosted in London, England.
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This event is in-person and hosted in Vancouver, Canada.
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This event is in-person and hosted in Banff, Canada.
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