This afternoon, with Gaming America in attendance, industry giant Entain held its Sustain conference, where the operator highlighted its focus on sustainability, diversity and ESG.
Harvard University’s Dr Nelson held a panel highlighting some of the research Entain is involved in regarding sports betting and problem gambling.
Specifically, the talk detailed a number of different studies the University has provided to the sports betting juggernaut to help with sustainability efforts.
These include research snapshots such as: studies with a focus on the distribution of betting and transactional activity within a sample of sports bettors, and what metrics are related to problem gambling.
Separately, the panel revealed that Harvard has taken steps to study Entain’s responsible gambling materials and provide feedback to the organization’s employees.
As exclusively revealed in the panel, Harvard University is set to begin a number of studies related to sports betting and problem gambling. These include; “a player survey including research on the link between problem gambling and self-harm; an investigation of play patterns and self exclusion among problem gamblers.”
Some key findings by Harvard include being able to distinguish problem sports bettors, with the university suggesting “around 2% of players show these tendencies.”
Something that the panel made clear to confirm is that while these findings are statistically significant, accuracy is only moderate.
