Funding for this research was provided by:
Okanagan College (OC), grant-in-aid #25634. OC is a provincially funded post-secondary institution in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Article History
Received: 26 December 2017
Revised: 28 July 2018
Accepted: 2 August 2018
First Online: 13 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: LC is the Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC, which is supported by funding from the Province of British Columbia and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), a Canadian Crown Corporation. LC receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada). LC has received a speaker/travel honorarium from Svenska Spel (Sweden) and an award from the National Center for Responsible Gaming (US). He has not received any further direct or indirect payments from the gambling industry or groups substantially funded by gambling. He has provided paid consultancy to, and received royalties from, Cambridge Cognition Ltd. relating to neurocognitive testing. IB holds operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and National Institutes of Health and declares no conflict of interest. MZ holds an operating grant from The National Center for Responsible Gaming (US).