@article{478aa928f267490c8e13085d9db88c0d,
title = "Moving on from responsible gambling: a new discourse is needed to prevent and minimise harm from gambling",
abstract = "Objectives: To address the current status of responsible gambling (RG) as the dominant discourse for reducing gambling harm. Study design: The article is a narrative review of relevant literature analysed discursively. Methods: We identified significant texts describing the discourse of RG and analysed these to extract major characteristics and themes of the discourse. These were then subjected to a critique, using the public health discourses as an alternative system for addressing gambling harm. Results: The discourse of RG is inadequate for preventing or minimising gambling harm. A public health–focused approach to prevent and minimise gambling harm is likely to be far more effective but will be opposed by vested interests. Conclusions: It is timely to consider abandoning the discourse of RG. This discourse has been discredited because of its complicity with vested interests and a lack of evidence to demonstrate its efficacy in preventing or reducing harm. A public health response to the prevention of gambling harm is feasible and practical and can and should be further developed and implemented rapidly.",
keywords = "gambling, harm prevention, Harm minimisation",
author = "Charles Livingstone and Angela Rintoul",
note = "Funding Information: C.L. reports receiving funding from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF) , the (former) Victorian Gambling Research Panel , and the South Australian Independent Gambling Authority (the funds for which were derived from hypothecation of gambling tax revenue to research purposes), from the Australian and New Zealand School of Government and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education , and from non-government organisations for research into multiple aspects of poker machine gambling, including regulatory reform, existing harm minimisation practices, and technical characteristics of gambling forms. He reports receiving travel and cooperation grants from the Turkish Green Crescent Society, the Alberta Gambling Research Institute, the Finnish Institute for Public Health, the Finnish Alcohol Research Foundation, the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Committee, and the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand. He reports serving as a Chief Investigator on Australian Research Council funded projects researching (i) mechanisms of influence on government by the tobacco, alcohol, and gambling industries and (ii) the economics of price in alcohol, tobacco, and gambling consumption. He reports undertaking consultancy research for local governments and non-government organisations in Australia and the UK seeking to restrict or reduce the concentration of poker machines and gambling impacts and was a member of the Australian government's Ministerial Expert Advisory Group on Gambling in 2010–11. He is a member of the WHO expert group on gambling and gambling disorder. Funding Information: A.R. reports working on studies funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF) , Australian Institute of Family Studies , Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety , Australian Commonwealth Department of Social Services, Department of International Development , The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , AusAID , and the US Centres for Disease Control . She reports receiving travel funding from the Turkish Green Crescent Society and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. She reports also receiving funding from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Committee via the University of Waterloo for collaboration and Monash City Council to deliver community education as part of a prevention program grant from the VRGF. She is a member of the WHO expert group on gambling and gambling disorder. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Royal Society for Public Health",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.puhe.2020.03.018",
language = "English",
volume = "184",
pages = "107--112",
journal = "Public Health",
issn = "0033-3506",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}
