Replication is fundamental, but is it common? A call for scientific self-reflection and contemporary research practices in gambling-related research

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Acknowledgements

I am grateful for comments and feedback from Howard J. Shaffer, Eric R. Louderback, and Sarah E. Nelson.

Conflict of interest

I have no financial interests in the content discussed in this editorial. The Division on Addiction currently receives funding from DraftKings, Inc., The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (FAAR), The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations via the Indian Health Service with funds approved by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health; The Integrated Centre on Addiction Prevention and Treatment of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals; the Gavin Foundation via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); University of Nevada, Las Vegas via MGM Resorts International; and GVC Holdings, PLC. During the past 5 years, I have received speaker honoraria and travel support from the National Centre for Responsible Gaming and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. I am avolunteer board member of the New Hampshire Council on Problem Gambling.

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Notes

1. See https://osf.io/89vqh/for more information.

2. These brief descriptions just scratch the surface of possible contributors to the replication crisis. For a more thorough review, please see Wicherts et al. (2016).

3. For more information on becoming an open science institution, visit: https://osf.io/institutions.

4. More information is available at https://manybabies.github.io, https://www.manyclasses.org, and https://osf.io/tr6q3/.

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Funding

I completed this editorial with funding support from GVC Holdings, PLC via a research grant to the Division on Addiction. GVC Holdings, PLC did not contribute to the development of this editorial.