Gambling Harm Prevention in Sport Review - February 2023

1.INTRODUCTION

Gambling also became present in the esports industry in recent years and due to the fast growth of the industry, there is a lack of regulation in relation to gambling in esports, increasing the risks for unregulated gambling and match-fixing (Gainsbury et al., 2016; Hamari & Keronen, 2017). In response to this, EPIC Risk Management prepared a White Paper focusing on identifying the best mechanisms to reduce gambling harm in sports and esports by conducting primary research with EPIC’s Pro Sport Advisory Board members. Concentre guidance on how sports and esports organisations can address problem gambling is presented. RESEARCH The research was conducted by EPIC’s Research Manager, Anca-Maria Gherghel, who holds a 1st Class Honours Degree in Football Business and Finance and has over three years of gambling research experience. She is also a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, focusing on problem gambling amongst professional female athletes in the UK. This paper was reviewed and approved by Dr Leah Johnstone, academic staff member at UCFB/GIS with over ten years in research and a wealth of knowledge in the sports industry.

Existing research has shown that, worldwide, the prevalence of problem gambling amongst athletes is higher than amongst the general population (Engwall et al., 2004; Weiss and Loubier, 2010; Hakansson et al., 2021) and those working in the sports industry are at a higher risk of developing a gambling problem (Curry and Jiobu, 1995; Harris et al., 2015).

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