In the final episode of Season 6 of the Technology Risk and Gambling Podcast, Professor Sally Gainsbury speaks with early-career researchers Avelyn Wenyu Gao from the University of Sydney and Jack McGarrigle from Swansea University about how dark patterns and dark nudges can shape consumer behaviour in online gambling.

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Show notes and related links:

Register for the National Australian Gambling Studies Conference (NAGS):
https://www.nags.org.au/

Read Jack McGarrigle’s current research work:

• McGarrigle J, Smith J, Griffiths J, Torrance J, Quigley M, Dymond S. Dark patterns in online gambling: A scoping review and classification of deceptive design practices. J Behav Addict. 2026 Jan 6;15(1):99-114. doi: 10.1556/2006.2025.00096.

• McGarrigle, Jack and Torrance, Jamie and Quigley, Martyn and Dymond, Professor Simon, Consent Banners, Dark Patterns, and GDPR Infringements in Online Gambling: Evidence from a Systematic Audit and Online Experiment. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6477560 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6477560

  
  

Interested in learning more about dark nudges? Revisit Episode 4 with Chandni Gupta, where we explore dark nudges and their policy implications: https://youtu.be/DRSZ1AXorOc?si=U_c0Os39gAjD7h7k