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Welcome to the Community Care Gaming Research Hub

Community Care Gaming will collaborate with academic organisations and specialist research partners to extend the current literature on gaming, gambling, esports, and the metaverse and their impact on humanity. 

Our Published Research

Social Media and influencers role in black market gaming promotion

Original research into the creative economy and social media influencers role in the promotion of black market gaming sites 

Publish date: January 2026.

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Influencer-led gambling in gaming on streaming channels of Twitch, YouTube and Kick

In recent years, there has been a rapidity of gaming and gambling combinations most commonly noticed in Twitch, YouTube and Kick streaming platforms. Influencers, with their considerable and active follower base, play a crucial role in transforming the landscape of gambling-related content in the gaming community.

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Initial literature review into unregulated and unlicenced gambling on the dark web

This literature review introduces the unregulated and unlicensed ecosystem of gambling on the Dark Web. It is the first of two reports that will be published over the next few months. Conducted over a two-week period, this desktop literature review aims to (i) shed light on the challenges of researching the Dark Web and (ii) provide an overview of gambling within the Dark Web, based on existing literature.

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