Associations between national gambling policies and disordered gambling prevalence rates within Europe - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2014 Mar-Apr;37(2):217-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.11.002. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.11.002
Associations between national gambling policies and disordered gambling prevalence rates within Europe
Simon Planzer et al. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014 Mar-Apr.
Abstract
Policymakers and other interested stakeholders currently are seeking information about the comparative effectiveness of different regulatory approaches to minimising gambling-related harm. This study responds to this research gap by exploring associations between gambling policies and disordered gambling prevalence rates. We gathered information about gambling policies for thirty European jurisdictions and past-year prevalence rates for disordered gambling for twelve of these jurisdictions. We present policy trends and prevalence rates and then describe the level of association between policy and prevalence. We observe one statistically significant association between policy and prevalence: rates of sub-clinical (i.e., Level 2) disordered gambling were higher within environments that mandated less strict regulation of advertising for online gambling. Finally, we discuss the implications of our research in the context of the current process regarding the pan-European regulation of gambling. Our findings do not offer evidence for certain assumptions made in the past by the European judiciary.
Keywords: Advertising; Disordered gambling; European Union; Gambling policy; Internal Market; Prevalence rates.
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