Prevention and harm reduction interventions for adult gambling at the local level: an umbrella review of empirical evidence

V Velasco, P Scattola, L Gavazzeni, L Marchesi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Concerns about negative consequences of gambling diffusion are increasing. Prevention
and harm reduction strategies play a crucial role in reducing gambling supply and harms …

Recommendations for international gambling harm-minimisation guidelines: Comparison with effective public health policy

SM Gainsbury, M Blankers, C Wilkinson… - Journal of Gambling …, 2014 - Springer
Problem gambling represents a significant public health problem, however, research on
effective gambling harm-minimisation measures lags behind other fields, including other …

Gambling, capitalism and the state: Towards a new dialectic of the risk society?

M Young - Journal of consumer culture, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article I explore the relationships between commercial gambling and late capitalism.
In particular, I am interested in the societal forces that produce gambling as a contemporary …

Who plays what? Participation profiles in chance versus skill-based gambling

M Stevens, M Young - Journal of Gambling Studies, 2010 - Springer
To determine whether gambling participation falls into skill and chance-based categories
and, if so, to determine the socio-demographic characteristics associated with these different …

Too close to home? The relationships between residential distance to venue and gambling outcomes

M Young, F Markham, B Doran - International gambling studies, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Although gambling accessibility is generally viewed as a multidimensional construct, few
studies have successfully untangled the specific role of spatial accessibility in determining …

Gambling on the stock market: An unexplored issue

R Granero, S Tárrega, F Fernández-Aranda… - Comprehensive …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Stock market investment (SMI) is one of the most socially acceptable types of
gambling, which, however, can turn into a gambling problem. Because it is barely examined …

Statistics, scapegoats and social control: A critique of pathological gambling prevalence research

M Young - Addiction Research & Theory, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this essay I examine the relationship between commercial gambling, framed as one
example of global capitalist development, and the ways in which western societies respond …

Predicting the spatial distribution of gambling vulnerability: An application of gravity modeling using ABS Mesh Blocks

B Doran, M Young - Applied Geography, 2010 - Elsevier
To date, a method for the cost-effective prediction of venue catchments, and hence the
spatial distribution of EGM harm, has not been available at the local level. As a first step in …

Placing bets: gambling venues and the distribution of harm

M Young, F Markham, B Doran - Australian Geographer, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The liberalisation of gambling in Australia has resulted in the dispersal of 200 000 electronic
gaming machines (EGMs) across the country, generating substantial revenues for State …

Bingo, gender and the moral order of the household: Everyday gambling in a migrant community

J Cox, K Maltzahn, H Lee… - Journal of Consumer …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Feminist researchers have argued for a focus on 'everyday gambling'and domestic spaces
as sites of women's leisure. In this article, we analyse how culture, class and gender shape …