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Article History

Received: 24 November 2023

Accepted: 31 January 2024

First Online: 5 February 2024

Declarations

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: The study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the Institute of Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee, London South Bank University [ETH2122-0114, ETH2223-0117 and ETH2122-0179]. All participants provided formal written informed consent to participate.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests: CJ, TM, JG, CB, PR, JW and SS have not previously received research funding from the gambling industry, either directly or indirectly. CJ, TM, PR, JW and SS are public health and social researchers who are new to gambling research. CJ is an Early Career Researcher attached to PHIRST South Bank: their PhD, completed in 2023, was funded by a London South Bank University scholarship. TM has worked as a Research Fellow on various NIHR-funded health service and public health projects over the past five years, including most recently PHIRST South Bank. JG and CB have no past research funding to report. The participation of JG and CB in the research was funded via the PHIRST NIHR grant. Besides their work with PHIRST South Bank, PR has received funding for three NIHR projects in the past five years to evaluate digital mental health platforms and mental health service use in inpatient and community child and adolescent services. She has also received funding from the Wellcome Trust and St. Andrew’s Healthcare. JW and SS have, over the past five years, received funding for diverse research, commissioned and educational projects from Public Health England, Health Education England, National Health Service England, European Regional Development Fund, Burdett Trust for Nursing and NIHR.