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Article History

Accepted: 29 October 2024

First Online: 13 November 2024

Declarations

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: The second author has received funding from <i>Norsk Tipping</i> (the gambling operator owned by the Norwegian Government) for research evaluating responsible gambling tools in Norway. The second author has received funding for a number of research projects in the area of gambling education for young people, social responsibility in gambling and gambling treatment from <i>GambleAware</i> (formerly the <i>Responsibility in Gambling Trust</i>), a charitable body which funds its research program based on donations from the gambling industry. The second author also undertakes consultancy for various gaming companies in the area of social responsibility in gambling.The fourth author has previously worked for the <i>Responsible Gambling Trust</i> (now <i>GambleAware</i>), a charitable body which funds its research program based on donations from the gambling industry. The fourth author received a small research grant from <i>GambleAware</i> in 2017. The fourth author has also previously received payment for consultancy work in the area of social responsibility and gambling harm-minimisation for a major high street and online bookmaker.The first and third authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: Approval was obtained from the authors’ employing university in December 2022.

: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.