Dowling, N. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-2407
Youssef, G. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-4895
Greenwood, C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-6312
Merkouris, S. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-6121
Suomi, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4254-3893
Room, R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-385X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (Round 6)
Article History
Accepted: 15 May 2021
First Online: 1 June 2021
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this article. The 3-year declaration of interest statement of this research team is as follows: ND, GY, SM, AS and RR have received funding from multiple sources, including government departments and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (through hypothecated taxes from gambling revenue). ND and SM have also received funding from the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG), a charitable organization, which derives its funding from through contributions from multiple stakeholder groups (with funding decisions the responsibility of an independent scientific advisory board). ND is the recipient of a Deakin University Faculty of Health Mid-Career Fellowship. SM is the recipient of a New South Wales Office of Responsible Gambling Postdoctoral Fellowship and has formerly been the Victorian state representative (unpaid) on the NAGS Executive Committee. RR’s position has been funded for grants by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation. None of the authors have knowingly received research funding from the gambling, tobacco, or alcohol industries or any industry-sponsored organisation.
: Each existing dataset was approved by Human Research Ethics Committees (University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee [1340411, 1135477.1]; Australian National University Human Research Ethics Committee [2014/580]).
: All participants provided informed consent to participate in the study.
: All authors agree with the content and all gave explicit consent to submit.