Bowling Green State University, DraftKings back responsible gaming study
Research will study the prevalence of sports betting as well as the risk it poses to the nation.
DraftKings has today announced that Ohio’s Bowling Green State University has been granted funding by the International Center for Responsible Gaming to support research on sports betting.
The funding, which has been supported by DraftKings, will allow researchers to study the prevalence of problem gaming and its connection to sports betting throughout the United States.
“A key pillar of our commitment to responsible gaming at DraftKings is our support for advancing research in this area,” said Christine Thurmond, director of responsible gaming, DraftKings.
“We were honored to support the ICRG with launching the Fund earlier this year to provide researchers at the top of their field an opportunity to compete for funding to advance responsible gaming knowledge. I want to congratulate the ICRG and Bowling Green State University on this milestone.”
According to a statement, this is a first-of-its-kind fund in the US, created to develop peer-reviewed, scientifically-backed research that can help contribute to the understanding and application of responsible gaming in the industry.
“This research project seeks to study the rapidly changing face of sports betting in the United States, with a focus on understanding what factors might lead some people to develop problematic play, whereas other people are able to wager without problems,” added principal investigator Joshua Grubbs.
“Our hope is that this work can better inform efforts to promote responsible play and prevent the potential harms that problem gaming can cause.”
Per the statement, the study aims to:
- Establish the prevalence of sports betting behaviors in the adult population in the United States.
- Identify risk factors for problematic sports betting behaviors.
- Explore how technology influences sports betting.
- Establish the natural trajectories of sports betting behaviors over time.
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