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Article History

Received: 28 September 2023

Accepted: 5 August 2024

First Online: 13 August 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Edinburgh Medical School Research Ethics Committee (ref: 23-EMREC-016) on 9th August 2023. Approval was also sought from each school’s Local Authority Education department. All study participants provide informed consent (for adults) or assent (for those under age 18) to participate in data collection.Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: In the last 5 years, FD has disclosed grant funding for gambling-related projects from the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health and Social Research. In 2018/2019 she worked on one study funded by Gamble Aware. FD has received payment from the University of Chester to participate in an online focus group to help develop an awareness-raising intervention (funded by Gambling Research Exchange Ontario) to increase knowledge of the marketing strategies used by the gambling industry to promote their products.SG has received funding from The Gambling Commission’s Regulatory Settlement Fund.In the past 5 years, HW has disclosed grant funding for gambling-related projects from the National Institute for Health and Social Research, Economic and Social Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Office of Health Improvements and Disparities/Public Health Scotland, Gambling Commission (including regulatory settlement funds); Gambling Research Exchange Ontario, Greater London Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Department for Culture Media and Sport. In 2018/2019 she worked on a project funded by GambleAware. Between 2015 and 2020, she was Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, providing independent advice to the government on gambling policy with remuneration from the Gambling Commission. She has been paid consultancy fees by the Institute of Public Health, Ireland, and the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. She is a member of the WHO Panel on Gambling. She was paid as an expert witness on gambling by Lambeth and Middlesborough Borough Councils. She received payment for the delivery of a webinar from McGill University and travel costs to deliver a Keynote Address to the Gambling Regulators European Forum. She has received travel costs from the Turkish Green Crescent Society and Alberta Gambling Research Institute. She has provided unpaid research advice to GamCare. She runs a research consultancy practice for public and third-sector bodies—she has never provided consultancy services to the gambling industry. No other authors have anything to declare.