Critics say it could compromise research integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- The University of Sydney <\/strong>has this week launched the Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research<\/strong>, after securing AU$600,000 in funding from the International Centre for Responsible Gambling (ICRG). The source of the funding has drawn criticism but the university and some researchers say will produce helpful research that limits harm to consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major funders of the ICRG include MGM Resorts International, Caesars Foundation, Bally’s Corporation, Sands Inc, Wynn Resorts, Boyd Gaming Corporation, DraftKings, FanDuel and poker machine company IGT. Its board of directors includes executives from US-based casino resorts. According to The Guardian, the ICRG also has support from Sportsbet and Entain. The latter operates the Ladbrokes and Neds brands in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Sally Gainsbury told The Guardian: \u201cThis partnership is unprecedented and will allow us to translate research findings into effective real-world, evidence-informed strategies to prevent and reduce gambling-related harms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur collaboration means gambling operators will share de-identified data on gambling behaviours and allow us to evaluate new interventions. Being able to create a dataset with a high level of detail on gamblers will be of immense value and has not been done before. This is a significant development in gambling research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In contrast, professor Sean Cowlishaw<\/strong>, a public health expert at Monash University’s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, said the funding goes against recommendations<\/a> from an inquiry into online gambling<\/a>, the results of which were published in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Cowlishaw, the online gambling inquiry called on the federal government to \u201cprotect public policy from gambling industry interference.” He said “the decision of the University of Sydney to establish an industry-funded research centre is opposed to this idea.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tim Costello <\/strong>of the Alliance for Gambling Reform has called on the university to hand back the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Critics say it could compromise research integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The University of Sydney has launched a Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research, funded by AU$600,000 from the International Centre for Responsible Gambling (ICRG), which is heavily supported by major iGaming and casino operators. While proponents highlight the potential for unprecedented data-driven research to mitigate gambling harms, critics argue the industry funding compromises research integrity and contradicts recent online gambling inquiry recommendations against industry interference in public policy.","focusai_entities":"University of Sydney, Centre of Excellence in Gambling Research, International Centre for Responsible Gambling (ICRG), MGM Resorts International, Caesars Foundation, Bally\u2019s Corporation, Sands Inc, Wynn Resorts, Boyd Gaming Corporation, DraftKings, FanDuel, IGT, Sportsbet, Entain, Ladbrokes, Neds, Professor Sally Gainsbury, Professor Sean Cowlishaw, Monash University\u2019s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Tim Costello, Alliance for Gambling Reform","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.75), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Data Governance","query":"What specific governance frameworks and independent oversight mechanisms will be implemented to ensure the integrity and impartiality of research outcomes, particularly concerning the de-identified operator data shared with the Centre?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"How might the findings from this industry-funded research centre influence future regulatory compliance requirements for iGaming and land-based operators, especially in light of the recent online gambling inquiry's recommendations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-777008322","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\/777008322","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=777008322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008341,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008322\/revisions\/777008341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}