Gambling in Malaysia: an overview

Rathakrishnan B 1 , George S 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Malaysia University of Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Email: rbhalan@ums.edu.my
  • 2 Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Rajagiri School of Behavioural Sciences and Research, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kochi, Kerala, India. Email: sanjugeorge531@gmail.com
BJPsych Int, 2021 May;18(2):32-34.
PMID: 34287394 DOI: 10.1192/bji.2020.55

Abstract

Many forms of gambling are legal and popular in Malaysia. Despite this, in Malaysia, research into gambling is limited and there is no coherent strategy to tackle gambling-related harms. This paper summarises the gambling landscape of Malaysia, law governing gambling and research done so far and gives some recommendations on the way forward.

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