He is a Professor of Behavioural Addiction at Nottingham Trent University, and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He is the author of five books and has also authored over 600 refereed papers, 140+ book chapters and more than 1,500 articles, and has won 15 awards for his research, including a Lifetime Achievement Award For Contributions to the Field of Youth Gambling in 2006 and a Lifetime Research Award For Gambling Research in 2013.