Kim, Hyoun S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-0256
Sanches, Marcos
Mariani, Mirella Martins de Castro
Hodgins, David C.
Tavares, Hermano
Funding for this research was provided by:
Caixa
Article History
Accepted: 21 June 2022
First Online: 28 June 2022
Declarations
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: Approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Board of Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sao Paulo. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: 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.
: HSK has received research funding from the Alberta Gambling Research Institute (Canada), Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (Canada), and International Center for Responsible Gaming (US). HSK has received speaker/travel honorarium from Alberta Gambling Research Institute (Canada), New Horizons (Canada), and the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling. DCH has received research funds from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Health Canada, Alberta Gambling Research Institute, and the Ministry of Health, New Zealand. He has received consulting fees from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. He is a member, but receives no compensation from the National Centre for Responsible Gaming Scientific Advisory Board, UBC Centre for Gambling Research, various journal editorial boards, WHO Committee on the Public Health Implications of Addictive Behaviours, and International Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming (CERG) at the University of Gibraltar. He has received conference travel funds from New Horizons, Health Management Systems of America, Gambling International Symposium, Switzerland, V Congresso Clinca Psiquitria, Brazil, NCRG, Las Vegas, and Responsible Gambling Council, Toronto. HT has received grants from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) for the concession of Productivity Grant Process CNPq 304767/2011–5 and concession of the resource for the Universal Project Research Aid in the Process CNPq 445465/2014–0; Federal Bank of Brazil (CAIXA), worked from March 2015 to August 2017 as a responsible gambling consultant for the national lottery products under Contract #3800/2015 and Process #7066.01.0168.01/2015; World Lottery Association, member of the Independent Assessment Panel for the responsible gambling certification from October 2015 to February 2016; and Serasa-Experian, by granting resource contract with no number for the development of debt management and financial education for young couples’ program during 2014. MS and MCM have no conflict of interests to declare.