Zhai, Zu Wei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-1394
Duenas, Georgina L.
Wampler, Jeremy
Potenza, Marc N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
National Center for Responsible Gaming (Center of Excellence in Gambling Research Award)
Article History
First Online: 21 February 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors report no conflict of interest with respect to the content of this manuscript. Dr. Potenza has received financial support or compensation for the following: he has consulted for RiverMend Health, Game Day Data, the Addiction Policy Forum, and Opiant Pharmaceuticals; has received research support from Mohegan Sun Casino and the National Center for Responsible Gaming; and has consulted for gambling and legal entities on issues related to addictive disorders. The views presented in this manuscript represent those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funding agencies.
: All participants gave informed consent.
: All procedures performed in human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (Yale Human Investigation Committee: 2000023801) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The research activity qualifies as exempt from review by the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Human Investigation Committee under federal guidelines 45 CFR 46.101 (b) (7): (4) Research that involves the collection or study of existing data, documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that subjects cannot be identified directly or through identifiers linked to the subject.