About the Authors

Jamie Wheaton

Contributed equally to this work with: Jamie Wheaton, Ben Ford

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

jamie.wheaton@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Ben Ford

Contributed equally to this work with: Jamie Wheaton, Ben Ford

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Psychological Sciences, School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, The Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom

Agnes Nairn

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ AN and SC also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University of Bristol Business School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Sharon Collard

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ AN and SC also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

All the co-authors (JW, BF, AN and SC) have received funding from GambleAware through their work at the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research. The Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research (2022-2027) is funded by GambleAware which is funded by voluntary donations from the gambling industry to build capacity in interdisciplinary gambling harms research. Governance procedures and due diligence provide safeguards to ensure the Hub’s independence from GambleAware and the gambling industry. Neither GambleAware nor the gambling industry have any input to the strategic, operational or research activities of the Hub. SC has also received research funding from the Gambling Commission Regulatory Settlement funds. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.