GAMBLING DISORDERS 360°

The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) announced today that its sports wagering study released its first findings in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the American Medical Association. 

Conducted by Bowling Green State University, the research project surveyed a national sample of 2,806, including 1,553 sports bettors. The research team found that 6.2% wagered on sports during the past year. Younger men of high income, residing in a state where sports gambling is legal, were most likely to wager on sports.

The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) announced today that it has received a $600,000 donation from Bally’s Corporation to support multi-year, cutting-edge scientific research on gambling among young adults and the usage and effectiveness of responsible gambling tools. "With this grant, Bally’s Corporation has taken a giant stride toward understanding the health risks of young adult gamblers and improving the effectiveness of existing responsible gambling tools” said ICRG President Arthur Paikowsky.

There’s lots of misinformation about gambling disorder circulating in the media. Read ICRG President’s op-ed in Global Gaming Business: https://ggbmagazine.com/article/media-missteps/

Lottery gambling is one of the most popular forms of gambling in the US.  In 2020, gross lottery sales totaled $82,777,858,762.

The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) today announced the appointment of four outstanding gaming industry leaders to the ICRG Advisory Council: Laurens Vosloo, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; E

Over the past few years, esports betting and skin gambling have taken off as a new wave of gambling and gambling products.  Esports are professional video gaming competitions, and skin gambling is the betting of in-game digital items such

The current debate about responsible gambling (RG) focuses on individual consumer accountability versus the responsibility of gaming operators to make the use of their product “safe.” Three of the leading scientists on RG issues published

Many individuals that suffer from gambling issues also have co-occurring psychiatric disorders and limited or no adequate treatment options to address all disorders at once.

Brief screens can help people decide whether to seek formal evaluation of their gambling behavior.