Using real-world banking data, this new study investigates the link between offshore gambling and indebtedness.

"Online gambling in all forms is connected to financial hardship. Tighter regulatory controls are needed on online gambling markets and payday loan industries to protect public health."

How well do gambling help services meet the expectations of those who seek support?

This study analysed help-seeking and help expectations amongst Swedish gambling helpline customers. Results show a wide range of expectations, and call for better targeting of services to address individual needs.

New paper out! 📝

Is there still a “Nordic model” for alcohol and gambling regulation?

This study finds that while the Nordic model remains visible especially in alcohol control, it's challenged by politics.

Read more 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Some highlights from this year's @cagrconference.bsky.social

Thank you Glasgow! We are so excited to host next year's CAGR in Helsinki 🎉

Keynote from @virvemarionneau.bsky.social 'The corporate playbook and shaping the gambling evidence base'

Mitä Suomi voisi oppia muilta mailta rahapelihaittojen ehkäisystä lisenssijärjestelmässä?

Lue uusin artikkelimme "Voidaanko rahapelihaittoja estää ja
vähentää tehokkaasti lisenssijärjestelmässä?
Kokemuksia aiemmin lisenssijärjestelmään
siirtyneistä maista" 👇

Better data means better research. This paper describes our work to standardise and systematise data collection at Nordic gambling helplines. More comparative research will follow!

Miten rahapelien lisenssijärjestelmä tulee vaikuttamaan valtion kassaan?

CEACG:n tutkijat arvioivat, että alhaisen verotuksen ja kasvavien haittakustannusten myötä Suomen valtiontalous jää rahapeliuudistuksessa häviäjän rooliin. Lue koko tekstin CEACG:n blogista 👇

www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

Algorithm-based duty of care models have potential, but they cannot reliably prevent or detect gambling harms due to lack of standars, openness and regulatory oversight.

See our new paper on duty of care and data science ⬇️

Our policy recommendation for the Finnish government to implement stronger regulations on gambling advertising ⬇️

Julkaisimme tutkimustietoon pohjautuvan politiikkasuosituksen, jossa perustellaan, miksi rahapelituotteiden markkinointi tulisi kieltää kokonaan Suomen uudessa rahapelijärjestelmässä. Lue suositus blogistamme:

www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

📢 New publication! This article investigates how the social costs of gambling are measured in existing literature. The results show a great variation in both methods and estimates, calling for international guidelines to calculate gambling's impact on society.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Suomessa on meneillään rahapelijärjestelmän uudistus. Tuodaksemme tutkittua tietoa paremmin osaksi keskustelua, alamme julkaista CEACG:n tutkimustuloksia myös suomeksi - ensimmäinen osa koskee pelirajoituksia osana haittojen ehkäisyä.

Tutkittua tietoa rahapelisääntelystä osa 1: Pelirajoitukset 1/4

Learning from other countries helps to develop better policies for harm prevention in online gambling.

This new article compares the legal provisions for limit-setting in Europe, highlighting good practices that can help future policy-making.
#AddictionResearch #GamblingPolicy

tinyurl.com/2fny89i

Our new publication focuses on changes in gambling consumption during economic downturns (such as the cost of living crisis) in the Nordics 🙂

This is our new paper on gambling taxation and its effects (or lack thereof!) on channelling policy.

CAGR 2025 (Glasgow, June 2025) has opened its call for papers. If you have new and emerging research in gambling studies and gambling harms, get your submissions in by 5PM GMT Jan 30th. cagrconference.org/call-for-pap...

Anyone wanting to know more about the key findings from our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling should give this a listen:

www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social