Not Too Much, Not Too Often, and Not Too Many: the Results of the First Large-Scale, International Project to Develop Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines
Abstract
Advice about how to gamble “responsibly” is widely promoted in many jurisdictions. Until now, there has been no evidence-based, specific advice for people who gamble who want to reduce their risk of gambling harms. In 2016, the first large scale international, comprehensive, project to develop evidence based Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) began. In 2021, the LRGG initiative produced a set of workable, evidence-based quantitative limits on gambling behaviour. This project included collaboration with researchers in eight other countries, analysis of epidemiological data from over 60,000 people who gamble, consultation with a pan-Canadian, multi-sectorial advisory committee made up of over 20 members, input from over 10,000 people via a national online survey, and qualitative data obtained from focus groups and interviews. This presentation will describe the research conducted and key deliverables emerging from the LRGG project including the lower-risk limits for expenditure, frequency and number of types of games. It will present a self-assessment quiz, and a suite of posters and other tools that are freely available to promote the guidelines (www.gamblingguidelines.ca). Finally it will present an overview of the various jurisdictions around the world that have adopted and used the LRGGs in their public health efforts to reduce gambling-related harm.
Not Too Much, Not Too Often, and Not Too Many: the Results of the First Large-Scale, International Project to Develop Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines
Park MGM, Las Vegas, NV
Advice about how to gamble “responsibly” is widely promoted in many jurisdictions. Until now, there has been no evidence-based, specific advice for people who gamble who want to reduce their risk of gambling harms. In 2016, the first large scale international, comprehensive, project to develop evidence based Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) began. In 2021, the LRGG initiative produced a set of workable, evidence-based quantitative limits on gambling behaviour. This project included collaboration with researchers in eight other countries, analysis of epidemiological data from over 60,000 people who gamble, consultation with a pan-Canadian, multi-sectorial advisory committee made up of over 20 members, input from over 10,000 people via a national online survey, and qualitative data obtained from focus groups and interviews. This presentation will describe the research conducted and key deliverables emerging from the LRGG project including the lower-risk limits for expenditure, frequency and number of types of games. It will present a self-assessment quiz, and a suite of posters and other tools that are freely available to promote the guidelines (www.gamblingguidelines.ca). Finally it will present an overview of the various jurisdictions around the world that have adopted and used the LRGGs in their public health efforts to reduce gambling-related harm.