Gambling Addiction in the Workplace: Signs Employers Should Know
Gambling Addiction in the Workplace: Signs Employers Should Know Gambling addiction doesn’t stay confined to personal life — it frequently shows up at work, sometimes in ways that are mistaken for unrelated performance or conduct issues, which can delay appropriate support being offered. Why the workplace is affected Financial pressure from gambling debt, sleep disruption […]
Loot Boxes and Gaming: A Gateway to Gambling for Young People?
Loot Boxes and Gaming: A Gateway to Gambling for Young People? Loot boxes — in-game purchases that offer a randomised reward, common in many popular video games — have become one of the most debated topics in gambling research, precisely because of how closely they resemble traditional gambling mechanics, while sitting largely outside formal gambling […]
Slot Machines and Fruit Machines: Why They’re So Addictive
Slot Machines and Fruit Machines: Why They’re So Addictive Slot machines — whether physical fruit machines or online slots — are consistently identified by researchers as one of the most addictive forms of gambling. This isn’t accidental; their design draws directly on principles known to maximise engagement, refined over decades of commercial development. Design feature […]
Sports Betting: When a Hobby Becomes a Habit
Sports Betting: When a Hobby Becomes a Habit Betting on sport is, for most people, a genuinely social and low-stakes part of following a match. But the line between “having a flutter” and problem gambling can shift gradually, and sports betting has some specific features worth understanding that distinguish it from other gambling formats. The […]
How Online Gambling Has Changed Addiction Patterns
How Online Gambling Has Changed Addiction Patterns Gambling used to require a trip — to a betting shop, a casino, an arcade. That friction, however small, created natural pauses: time to think, distance to travel, hours the venue was closed. Online gambling has removed almost all of it, and that shift has meaningfully changed the […]