Self-exclusion register BetStop has been described as an important tool in tackling gambling harm, but some improvements have ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As guests arrive at eastern Australia's Warilla Hotel, a small camera equipped with facial recognition software scans their faces as part of a scheme to ...

Blind boxes rely on the same mechanisms of seduction as loot boxes in video games – and so demand the same scrutiny.

Blind boxes, a form of gamble-play media similar to gambling, are becoming popular in Australia, raising concerns over potential addiction, especially among children. Like claw machines, they offer ...

Americans can now legally gamble online in seven states, while Australians, the world’s biggest gambling losers, can’t play online casino games at all. Such bizarre contrast changes the way millions ...

As discussed in my most recent post, the face of gambling — and gambling addiction — is changing. Far from the old days of late-night trips to casinos and surreptitious calls to aggressive bookies, in ...