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Description: Researchers and others have developed a number of game-based responsible gambling tools and interventions (i.e., mechanisms that directly and specifically engage with standard gambling game processes and progress to support responsible gambling) that are intended to mitigate risks for excessive gambling. The taxonomy of such tools is unclear, as is their associated strength of evidence. Such information is necessary to identify appropriate developmental and evaluative next steps for advancing comprehensive gambling safety efforts. Consequently, we plan to conduct a scoping review of the literature associated with game-based responsible gambling tools and interventions. We will search several electronic databases and chart included studies on a number of characteristics. We will construe “gambling” broadly, to encompass the full spectrum of gambling behavior (i.e., from gambling participation to clinically diagnosable Gambling Disorder). This scoping review will identify any potential gaps in knowledge and suggest key areas of research needed to advance gambling-related product safety tools and practices.