Gambling Studies is a multidisciplinary academic field where gambling is investigated by scientific methods in its psychological, medical, economical, mathematical, and ethical dimensions.

The studies in this field are concerned with gambling as human activity and the games of chance themselves as the object of gambling.

Over the last four decades, the studies about gambling have shaped the academic field of problem gambling, within which researchers deal with the harmful effects of gambling for individuals and the society. The main discipline dealing with problem gambling is psychology, where branches such as addiction psychology, behavioral psychology, and cognitive psychology are the most contributive. Empirical and theoretical studies in problem gambling are pursued in the areas of etiology, prevention, and treatment of problematic or pathological gambling.

Various disciplines contribute to the field along with psychology: Psychiatry, Economy, Philosophy, and Mathematics.

In this site we post educational resources in gambling studies for both the expert and non-expert audience (friendly versions and summaries of relevant scholarly articles, wiki articles, and scientific projects).

Mathematical Models of Games of Chance