Welcome to the Community Care Gambling Research Hub

Community Care Gaming will collaborate with academic organisations and specialist research partners to extend the current literature on niche aspects of gambling or gaming to include safer gambling for those over 50s; illegal or grey market gambling;  gambling influencers.

Our Published Research

Structural and Environmental Determinants of Gambling Behaviours in Adults Ages 50 Years and Over

This report explores the age-specific neurocognitive deterioration, social determinants and life transitions which present certain vulnerabilities and have the ability to underpin specific harm-minimisation strategies in adults 50 years and older

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Influencer-led gambling in gaming on streaming channels of Twitch, YouTube and Kick

In recent years, there has been a rapidity of gaming and gambling combinations most commonly noticed in Twitch, YouTube and Kick streaming platforms. Influencers, with their considerable and active follower base, play a crucial role in transforming the landscape of gambling-related content in the gaming community.

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Initial literature review into unregulated and unlicenced gambling on the dark web

This literature review introduces the unregulated and unlicensed ecosystem of gambling on the Dark Web. It is the first of two reports that will be published over the next few months. Conducted over a two-week period, this desktop literature review aims to (i) shed light on the challenges of researching the Dark Web and (ii) provide an overview of gambling within the Dark Web, based on existing literature.

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