Dr Philip Newall
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Lecturer
School of Psychological Science
Contact
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Research interests
My primary research interest is gambling psychology, where I have done research on various applied/policy issues and also done more theoretical work on the determinants of gambling-related harm.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Attempting to understand the mixed results for the illusion-of-control in gambling
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/05/2025 to 30/04/2026
Publications
Recent publications
07/05/2025“99% of gamblers lose in the long run”
Collabra: Psychology
Could the provision of multiple game themes be a neglected gambling product structural characteristic?
International Gambling Studies
Is profiting from problem gamblers immoral? Ethics and morality among professional high-stakes online poker players
Addiction Research & Theory
‘I wouldn’t have become addicted to fruit machines if it wasn’t for coin pushers’
Psychiatry Research Case Reports
Never tell me the odds
Addictive Behaviors
