A 2023 systematic review published in F1000Research by Lee, Lewis and Mills, analysing 12 studies on the connection between financial trading and gambling, concluded that both gambling participation and problem gambling are predictors of high-risk stock trading. Approximately 33% of Australian adults owned cryptocurrency by early 2026, representing roughly 6.2 million people, according to the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index. Dr Timothy Fong, clinical professor of psychiatry and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, states that the inability to regulate stress, control impulses and cope with emotions contributes to vulnerability on both sides. Australian platforms such as VoltRush, which combine online casino gaming and cryptocurrency trading, illustrate this psychological overlap, with crypto casinos generally offering more responsible gambling tools than trading platforms provide to retail investors.
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