《國際賭博研究》是一本經同行評審的賭博研究跨學科期刊。國際賭博研究由一群致力于最高學術標準的國際專家發(fā)起，采用跨國和比較的方法來應對21世紀全球賭博擴張所帶來的挑戰(zhàn)。國際賭博研究旨在:主導賭博研究分析與研究，介紹賭博理論、方法、實踐與歷史;鼓勵應用社會科學的觀點，包括社會學、心理學、人類學、統(tǒng)計學、經濟學、教育學、歷史學、法學、政治學、社區(qū)研究、管理學、勞資關系、休閒及旅游學;克服理論與實證研究的鴻溝;整合學術及業(yè)界觀點，鼓勵比較研究及批判性分析，務求在賭博研究方面精益求精鼓勵提供新的理論論據、提供新的數據或使用創(chuàng)新的方法論方法或分析模式的文章;以理論和分析的方式表達當代賭博活動中所面臨的智力和政策挑戰(zhàn);在當代社會和全球經濟發(fā)展的背景下，提高賭博研究的公共相關性;而且,吸引廣大讀者，同時促進前沿理論和方法的新發(fā)展，該雜志將廣泛地提供給實踐者，學生和政策制定者。國際賭博研究接受包括實證研究、評論和評論論文在內的原稿。此外，作者可以向編輯提交鼓勵學術辯論的信件，包括發(fā)表讀者對個別文章的回應。同行評審的聲明本期刊的所有研究、評論和評論文章都經過嚴格的同行評審，評審基于最初的編輯篩選和至少兩名匿名評審人員的詳細評審。所有其他貢獻都經過編輯篩選和審查。

International Gambling Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal in gambling studies. Launched by a team of international experts with a commitment to the highest scholarly standards, International Gambling Studies adopts a transnational and comparative approach to the challenges posed by the global expansion of gambling in the 21st century.International Gambling Studies seeks to:be a leading voice for analysis and research in gambling studies, presenting work on the theory, methods, practice and history of gambling;encourage the application of perspectives from all social sciences including sociology, psychology, anthropology, statistics, economics, education, history, law, political science, community studies, management, industrial relations, leisure and tourism studies;overcome the divide between the theory and empirical research;advance excellence in gambling studies by integrating academic and industry perspectives, encouraging comparative studies and critical analysisencourage articles that offer a new theoretical argument, provide new data or use an innovative methodological approach or mode of analysis;give theoretical and analytical expression to the intellectual and policy challenges in contemporary gambling;enhance the public relevance of gambling studies in the context of contemporary society and global economic development; and,appeal to a wide readership, while contributing to new developments at the cutting edge of theory and method, the journal will be broadly accessible to practitioners, students and policy makers.International Gambling Studies accepts original manuscripts including empirical research, review and commentary papers. In addition authors may submit Letters to the Editor that will encourage scholarly debate including publishing readers' responses to individual articles. Peer Review StatementAll research, review and commentary articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and detailed review by at least two anonymous referees. All other contributions have undergone editorial screening and review.