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So, what is a gambler supposed to do to scratch that “action” itch as the coronavirus outbreak gets seemingly worse with every day and we’re being warned to practice “social distancing”?

Rune Aune Mentzoni, Associate Professor, Norwegian Competence Center for Gambling and Gaming Research, University of Bergen, Norway.

What was the research question?
Does problem video gaming predict future problem gambling behaviors?

In countries all over the world, a rapidly growing globalized and digitalized gambling
market is calling for adjustments in gambling policies and legislation.

This study concerns the political justification of introducing a more centralized
monopoly system in Finland.

Dr William Van Gordon is Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Derby; Supakyada Sapthiang is based at the School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex; Dr Edo Shonin is a Chartered Psychologist and co-founder of the Awake to Wisdom Centre for Meditation and Mindfulness Research; Dr Mark Griffiths is Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University.

For the first time, the majority of Swedes with a gambling addiction are women, the health authority's latest survey figures suggest.

Recent studies (Ulla Romild 2019) in Sweden tell us that for the first time, the majority of Swedes with a gambling problem are women, as the health authority's latest survey figures suggest.