Jamie Torrance
Biographic Data
| ID | 6926485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jamie Torrance |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jamie |
| FAMILY NAME | Torrance |
| SIGNATURE | TORRANCE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swansea University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5001-4126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Would You Be Comfortable Telling Your Family How Much You Lost Gambling Today?”
Gambling harm prevention messages are catching up with best practices from tobacco: Australia has implemented seven independently-designed messages, and the UK is due to make a similar change to replace industry-designed slogans. Three of the seven Australian messages are “self-appraisal” messages, such as “What’s gambling really costing you?”, that encourage people to reflect on their gambling behavior. These three Australian self-appraisal mess…
(Mis)Comprehension and (Mistaken) Attractiveness of Financial Gambling Inducements among UK Bettors
Financial gambling inducements such as ‘free’ bets and welcome bonuses involve complex wagering requirements that many consumers miscomprehend. UK regulations cap these wagering requirements at x10 (i.e., users must wager x10 the bonus before withdrawal) but don’t require worked examples to aid comprehension. This study assessed UK bettors’ comprehension of inducement wagering requirements, whether comprehension varied by gambling severity, wheth…
Dark patterns in online gambling
Relapse in disordered gambling
Background Relapse is common among individuals undergoing treatment for gambling disorder (GD). Understanding the biological, psychological, and social (biopsychosocial (BPS)) factors that influence relapse in GD is important to guide clinical practice and improve treatment efficacy. However, evidence synthesis in this area is warranted to provide clarity and cohesion to the literature.Method A systematic review of empirical research (2015–2026) …
‘It’s so difficult that you have to be fully in control of your emotions, you have to be fully understanding of what you’re betting on’
Background Sports betting is most often a losing endeavor, yet a small population of bettors can exercise enough skill to win or even bet professionally. While research has explored successful professional poker players, sports betting presents distinct challenges, including inherent outcome uncertainty and adversarial bookmaker relationships. Understanding the psychology of successful professional sports betting would provide a counterpoint to b…
Gambling products are designed to be addictive’
The gambling industry tends to frame gambling harms as a matter of personal responsibility, which is implicit in their messages like ‘gamble responsibly’ or ‘take time to think’. Jurisdictions such as Australia and the UK are replacing industry messages with a range of independently designed ones, like in tobacco warning labels. Counter-industry messages have been proposed to challenge industry narratives, e.g., ‘gambling products are designed to…
The experiences and engagement patterns of young adults who regularly view gambling livestreams
Of course we make money, but it has to be in a responsible way’
Background Gambling can be regulated in different ways, with some jurisdictions having competitive markets of privately-owned operators, some jurisdictions having state-owned operators that have exclusive legal monopolies, and in other jurisdictions former state-owned monopolies now compete in markets against privately-owned operators. While privately-owned operators tend to emphasize gamblers’ individual responsibility while implementing subopti…
Are you struggling to keep it up?’
Masculine insecurities around wealth and status may be exploitable through social media advertising. Investment day-trading is potentially marketed as a high-status activity despite being a high-risk ‘gambling-like’ activity associated with financial losses. Little research has examined how these advertisements position day-trading within masculine identity narratives or what insecurities they may produce and frame as resolvable through trading. …
Trading is a losing game
Mobile-based trading apps have made investing easier than ever before, but this includes enabling access to risky investments that many investors may not be able to trade safely. The UK financial regulator thereby requires Contract for Difference (CFD) trading apps to make disclosures such as, ‘89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider’. However, these disclosures might be counteracted by either their subopti…
Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football
Chances are you’re about to lose’
Current industry-developed safer gambling messages such as 'Take time to think' and 'Gamble responsibly' have been criticized as ineffective slogans. As a result, Australia has recently introduced seven independently-developed safer gambling messages. The UK Government intends to introduce independently-developed messages from 2024 onwards, and this measure could be similarly appropriate for the US states where sports betting has been legalized a…
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Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football
Chances are you’re about to lose’
Current industry-developed safer gambling messages such as 'Take time to think' and 'Gamble responsibly' have been criticized as ineffective slogans. As a result, Australia has recently introduced seven independently-developed safer gambling messages. The UK Government intends to introduce independently-developed messages from 2024 onwards, and this measure could be similarly appropriate for the US states where sports betting has been legalized a…
The experiences and engagement patterns of young adults who regularly view gambling livestreams
Of course we make money, but it has to be in a responsible way’
Background Gambling can be regulated in different ways, with some jurisdictions having competitive markets of privately-owned operators, some jurisdictions having state-owned operators that have exclusive legal monopolies, and in other jurisdictions former state-owned monopolies now compete in markets against privately-owned operators. While privately-owned operators tend to emphasize gamblers’ individual responsibility while implementing subopti…
Are you struggling to keep it up?’
Masculine insecurities around wealth and status may be exploitable through social media advertising. Investment day-trading is potentially marketed as a high-status activity despite being a high-risk ‘gambling-like’ activity associated with financial losses. Little research has examined how these advertisements position day-trading within masculine identity narratives or what insecurities they may produce and frame as resolvable through trading. …
Trading is a losing game
Mobile-based trading apps have made investing easier than ever before, but this includes enabling access to risky investments that many investors may not be able to trade safely. The UK financial regulator thereby requires Contract for Difference (CFD) trading apps to make disclosures such as, ‘89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider’. However, these disclosures might be counteracted by either their subopti…
“Would You Be Comfortable Telling Your Family How Much You Lost Gambling Today?”
Gambling harm prevention messages are catching up with best practices from tobacco: Australia has implemented seven independently-designed messages, and the UK is due to make a similar change to replace industry-designed slogans. Three of the seven Australian messages are “self-appraisal” messages, such as “What’s gambling really costing you?”, that encourage people to reflect on their gambling behavior. These three Australian self-appraisal mess…
(Mis)Comprehension and (Mistaken) Attractiveness of Financial Gambling Inducements among UK Bettors
Financial gambling inducements such as ‘free’ bets and welcome bonuses involve complex wagering requirements that many consumers miscomprehend. UK regulations cap these wagering requirements at x10 (i.e., users must wager x10 the bonus before withdrawal) but don’t require worked examples to aid comprehension. This study assessed UK bettors’ comprehension of inducement wagering requirements, whether comprehension varied by gambling severity, wheth…
Dark patterns in online gambling
Relapse in disordered gambling
Background Relapse is common among individuals undergoing treatment for gambling disorder (GD). Understanding the biological, psychological, and social (biopsychosocial (BPS)) factors that influence relapse in GD is important to guide clinical practice and improve treatment efficacy. However, evidence synthesis in this area is warranted to provide clarity and cohesion to the literature.Method A systematic review of empirical research (2015–2026) …
‘It’s so difficult that you have to be fully in control of your emotions, you have to be fully understanding of what you’re betting on’
Background Sports betting is most often a losing endeavor, yet a small population of bettors can exercise enough skill to win or even bet professionally. While research has explored successful professional poker players, sports betting presents distinct challenges, including inherent outcome uncertainty and adversarial bookmaker relationships. Understanding the psychology of successful professional sports betting would provide a counterpoint to b…
Gambling products are designed to be addictive’
The gambling industry tends to frame gambling harms as a matter of personal responsibility, which is implicit in their messages like ‘gamble responsibly’ or ‘take time to think’. Jurisdictions such as Australia and the UK are replacing industry messages with a range of independently designed ones, like in tobacco warning labels. Counter-industry messages have been proposed to challenge industry narratives, e.g., ‘gambling products are designed to…
Gambling Behavior and Treatments (9 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Computer security (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · SAFER (3 works) · Sports Analytics and Performance (3 works) · Addiction (2 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works)