Wirkus, Theresa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-4274
Czernecka, Robert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-8354
Bühringer, Gerhard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5568-1435
Kräplin, Anja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-3932
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität Dresden
Article History
Received: 17 July 2025
Accepted: 8 April 2026
First Online: 12 April 2026
Declarations
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: TW was funded by an unrestricted research donation to TUD Dresden University of Technology provided by Tipico. In the last 5 years RC was partly funded by an unrestricted research grant of members of the ‘Düsseldorfer Kreis’ (a group of key stakeholders from public and private gambling providers, research, and the support system) to Technische Universität Dresden until January 2022. From January 2022 until March 2023, he was partly funded by an unrestricted research grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the context of the evaluation of gambling hall regulations and from March 2023 to March 2024 by residual funds of TU Dresden. Additionally, since 2016 he is partly and since March 2024 fully funded by the AntiSkid program and is currently employed by Mental Care AntiSkid GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany to coordinate the AntiSkid treatment programme for airline pilots with mental disorders. The program is funded by German airlines including Lufthansa AG and her affiliated companies. He is a Ph.D. student at TU Dresden. GB received unrestricted grants for gambling research activities from various public and commercial gambling providers and public regulatory agencies. He is a member of the ‘Düsseldorfer Kreis’ (a group of key stakeholders from public and private gambling providers, research, and the support system) and was also partly funded by an unrestricted research grant from the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the evaluation of gambling hall regulations.In the last 5 years AK was mainly funded by grants from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG) for the Collaborative Research Centers SFB 940 (project number 178833530) and the TRR 265 (project number 402170461). She was additionally funded by a grant from the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) and by an unrestricted research grant from the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the evaluation of gambling hall regulations.