ArticleJournal of gambling studies2024
Brief Report: The Rise of Online Betting in Ontario.
Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Public health implications of the deregulation and privatization of online and sports gambling in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Help-seeking for gambling problems following expansion of Ontario's online gambling market and legalization of single-event sports betting.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Help-seeking for gambling problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the experiences of Norwegian help providers and their insights into gamblers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Profiles of People who Do not Engage in Positive Play while Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of Lower-Risk Gambling Limits in the Canadian National Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- The expansion of gambling across the Americas poses risks to mental health and wellbeing.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Review
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Abstract
In this paper we examine the nature of calls for the Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline from June 2021 to Jan 2023 to determine if the increased marketing of online and sports gambling has changed the nature of calls to the helpline. An interrupted time series model comparing the monthly calls before and after the expansion of online gambling and advertising (April 2023), found a significant effect. Calls related to the other games examined did not have a significant interrupted time series effect of from the expansion and advertising of online gambling. The results of this analysis clearly indicate an association between the expansion of legalized gambling and gambling advertising with the number of people who call the helpline for problem related to online gambling.
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