Key Takeaways
- A survey by Southern Cross University in Australia suggests that online gambling poses double the risk of traditional offline gambling.
- Participation rates were found to be the same as the Scottish Health Survey published last month.
- Lead author Dr Sally Gainsbury said that age was a big risk factor – the opposite finding was discovered in the Scottish report which said that age was not a risk factor in problem gambling.
- The industry has started to become involved in gambling research – the WSJ reported on research from Harvard on data provided by bwin.party.
- Such cooperation is important in convincing politicians and regulators that the industry can actively contribute to harm reduction measures.
A survey by Southern Cross University in Australia suggests that online gambling poses double the risk of traditional offline gambling. 30% of online gamblers fell into the low to moderate risk category compared with 15% for non-internet gamblers.
