Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez

TL;DR: It was demonstrated that emotion regulation was predictive of all addictive behaviors assessed in this study, whereas attachment predicted non-substance-related addictions (gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use).

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential impact on problem gambling of emerging product features and advertising techniques used to market online sports betting is explored with the objective of critically examining the potential effect on problem gamblers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the integration of online sports betting within the digital, sporting and gambling sectors, examining how data markets, eSports, virtual sports, social gaming, immersive reality tools, sports media, sport sponsorship, fantasy sports, in-venue and in-stadium betting, poker and trading are all converging around betting activity.

TL;DR: In many countries, sports betting advertising has arguably permeated contemporary sport consumption in many countries. Advertisements build narratives that represent situations and characters that normalize betting and normalize sports betting as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined a sample of British and Spanish sports betting television adverts from 2014 to 2016 to understand how bettors and betting are being represented, including general information about the advert, characters and situations represented, identification of the characters with sports, the use of online betting, the co-representation of gambling along other risky behaviours such as eating junk food and drinking alcohol, the amount of money wagered, and other variables such as the representation of free bets, humour, and celebrities.