Study leader Professor Mathew Rockloff<\/strong> said participants spent less money and time gambling during the five-week participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe study contained 27 messages like “betting fewer lets you spend more money on the important people in your life”, developed by the research team in consultation with a focus group consisting of researchers, gambling treatment providers and regulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rockloff stated: “Over the decades, we\u2019ve observed that people with gambling problems rarely seek help, and research shows perceived social stigma and feelings of shame are driving that reluctance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: “We believe it is likely the messages prompted self-reflection for the participants, especially when they related to having control over their expenses.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a minority of regular gamblers had deposit limits <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Another study was conducted to analyse the impact of different features of pre-commitment deposit limits<\/strong> and the effectiveness of the measure, across different customer groups. It found that only 41 per cent of over 3,000 regular gamblers had deposit limits in place<\/strong> though most gamblers that had limits found them useful. <\/p>\n\n\n\nHigher-risk gamblers were more likely to set limits, though many do not want to limit their gambling. Gamblers may not set limits as they are easy to circumvent and not all gamblers are aware they can set limits, researchers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gambling Research Australia (GRA) funded a study to examine the effectiveness of the categories of messages employed in safer gambling messaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Gambling Research Australia funded two studies by Central Queensland University examining safer gambling interventions. The first found that positive, control-focused messages reduced gambling spend and time among participants, while the second revealed only 41% of regular gamblers use deposit limits, citing circumvention ease and lack of awareness as barriers despite their perceived usefulness by those who set them. These findings offer critical insights into the efficacy and adoption challenges of current responsible gambling frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Gambling Research Australia, GRA, Central Queensland University, Professor Mathew Rockloff","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Policy Implications?","query":"How might these findings on message efficacy and deposit limit adoption influence future regulatory mandates for responsible gambling frameworks in Australia and other jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Impact?","query":"What specific changes should iGaming operators consider for their responsible gambling messaging and pre-commitment tool design to enhance player engagement and reduce harm, based on this research?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-26292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26320,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26292\/revisions\/26320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}