“This partnership is unprecedented and will allow us to translate research findings into effective real world, evidence-informed strategies to prevent and reduce gambling-related harms,” Gainsbury told Guardian Australia.
“Our collaboration means gambling operators will share de-identified data on gambling behaviours and allow us to evaluate new interventions. Being able to create a dataset with a high level of detail on gamblers will be of immense value and has not been done before. This is a significant development in gambling research.”
“The decision of the University of Sydney to establish an industry-funded research centre is clearly opposed to this idea,” Cowlishaw said. “It’s troubling in part because it normalises the relationship with research institutions and the gambling industry.