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Striving Towards National Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines: An Empirical Investigation Among a Sample of Swedish Gamblers
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD). Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0013-2965
Number of Authors: 42025 (English)In: Journal of Gambling Studies, ISSN 1050-5350, E-ISSN 1573-3602, Vol. 41, no 2, p. 753-766Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Several countries, including Canada and Australia, have developed public health-based lower-risk gambling limits to differentiate lower-risk from higher-risk gambling. This study aimed to identify a preliminary set of lower-risk gambling limits (gambling frequency, duration, expenditure, expenditure as a proportion of personal net income, and diversity), and investigate if gambling types are linked to additional harms, in a Swedish context. The study involved secondary analyses of two online survey studies using the Gambling Disorder Identification Test (GDIT). Receiver operating curve analyses were conducted in relation to both + 1 and + 2 gambling-related harms in a sample of 705 past-year gamblers. Potential lower-risk limits ranges identified were: gambling frequency of “2–3 times a week” to “4 or more times a week” (8–16 times monthly); gambling duration of 6 to 15 h per month; gambling expenditure of 2,000 SEK (approximately $USD190) per month; gambling expenditure as a proportion of personal net income of 5%; and gambling diversity of only one problematic gambling type. Gambling on slots and sports betting were associated with gambling-related harms. The lower-risk limits in the current study were higher than in previous studies, which may be explained by the large proportion of support- or treatment-seeking gamblers with high rates of problem gambling and problematic online gambling in the study sample. An international consensus-based framework on gambling consumption is warranted, with lower-risk limits validated in future empirical studies using larger datasets collected from the Swedish general population.

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2025. Vol. 41, no 2, p. 753-766
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Gambling consumption, Guidelines, Harms, Lower-risk limits, Prevention
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Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-240399DOI: 10.1007/s10899-024-10372-wISI: 001390863400001PubMedID: 39775735Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85214371194OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-240399DiVA, id: diva2:1943236
Available from: 2025-03-10 Created: 2025-03-10 Last updated: 2025-09-16Bibliographically approved

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