All Outputs (7)

“99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money (2025)
Journal Article
Newall, P., Weiss-Cohen, L., Petrovskaya, E., Torrance, J., Palmer, M., & Xiao, L. (2025). “99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), Article 137306. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.137306

Harm prevention (safer gambling) messages are often used as a population-based intervention against gambling-related harm, and independently-designed messages (e.g., “Chances are you’re about to lose”) are increasingly replacing industry-designed slo... Read More about “99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money.

Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning (2025)
Journal Article
Weiss-Cohen, L., Palmer, M., Torrance, J., & Newall, P. (2025). Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning. Addictive Behaviors, 168, Article 108363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108363

Previous research has shown that gamblers consistently misunderstand return-to-player (RTP) information, and participants shown an RTP of 93% reported that they were more likely to win than those who were shown no information. However, this effect mi... Read More about Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning.

Could the provision of multiple game themes be a neglected gambling product structural characteristic? Results of an online simulated gambling task (2025)
Journal Article
Newall, P., Hayes, T., Weiss-Cohen, L., James, R. J., Byrne, C. A., & Muggleton, N. (2025). Could the provision of multiple game themes be a neglected gambling product structural characteristic? Results of an online simulated gambling task. International Gambling Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2025.2488868

Previous research has indicated that several gambling product features, such as slot games’ fast potential speed of play, are potentially harmful ‘structural characteristics’. However, we know of little empirical research exploring whether the provis... Read More about Could the provision of multiple game themes be a neglected gambling product structural characteristic? Results of an online simulated gambling task.

Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference (CFD) trading apps (2025)
Journal Article
Andrade, M., Costa, D., Weiss-Cohen, L., Torrance, J., & Newall, P. (2025). Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference (CFD) trading apps. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.62

Mobile-based trading apps have made investing easier than ever before, but this includes enabling access to risky investments that many investors may not be able to trade safely. The UK financial regulator thereby requires Contract for Difference (CF... Read More about Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference (CFD) trading apps.

Not always as advertised: Different effects from viewing safer gambling (harm prevention) adverts on gambling urges (2024)
Journal Article
Newall, P., Weiss-Cohen, L., Torrance, J., & Bart, Y. (2025). Not always as advertised: Different effects from viewing safer gambling (harm prevention) adverts on gambling urges. Addictive Behaviors, 160, Article 108161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108161

Public concern around gambling advertising in the UK has been met not by government action but by industry self-regulations, such as a forthcoming voluntary ban on front-of-shirt gambling sponsorship in Premier League soccer. “Safer gambling” (harm p... Read More about Not always as advertised: Different effects from viewing safer gambling (harm prevention) adverts on gambling urges.

When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers (2024)
Journal Article
Weiss-Cohen, L., Newall, P., Bart, Y., Zloteanu, M., Peacey, M., Ayton, P., & Clacher, I. (2024). When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01229-1

Both gambling and trading involve risk-taking in exchange for potential financial gains. In particular, speculative high-risk high-frequency trading closely resembles disordered gambling behaviour by attracting the same individuals who tend to be ove... Read More about When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers.

Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study (2023)
Journal Article
Newall, P. W., Hayes, T., Singmann, H., Weiss-Cohen, L., Ludvig, E. A., & Walasek, L. (2023). Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2023.2

In October 2021, a majority of the UK gambling industry implemented a new UK safer gambling message, “take time to think”, which features on gambling advertising and websites. An effective safer gambling message could plausibly affect several relevan... Read More about Evaluation of the ‘take time to think’ safer gambling message: a randomised, online experimental study.