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Article History

Received: 3 January 2024

Revised: 15 February 2024

Accepted: 15 February 2024

First Online: 28 February 2024

Declarations

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: The authors declare no conflict of interest with the content of this Commentary. BB and MNP are Associate Editors, and ZD is the Editor-in-Chief of the <i>Journal of Behavioral Addictions</i>. MNP holds multiple other Associate Editor positions and is Editor-in-Chief of <i>Current Addiction Reports</i>. MNP discloses that he has consulted for and advised Game Day Data, Addiction Policy Forum, AXA, Idorsia, Baria-Tek, and Opiant Therapeutics; been involved in a patent application involving Novartis and Yale; received research support from the Mohegan Sun Casino and the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling; consulted for or advised legal and gambling entities on issues related to impulse control and addictive behaviors; provided clinical care related to impulse control and addictive behaviors; performed grant reviews; edited journals/journal sections; given academic lectures in grand rounds, CME events, and other clinical/scientific venues; and generated books or chapters for publishers of mental health texts. The University of Gibraltar receives funding from the Gibraltar Gambling Care Foundation, an independent, not-for-profit charity. ELTE Eötvös Loránd University receives funding from Szerencsejáték Ltd. (the gambling operator of the Hungarian government) to maintain a telephone helpline service for problematic gambling.