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Keyword searches were conducted in the fall of 2019. A total of 16 conferences that occurred between 2010\u20132019 and comprising 882 prestigious speaking opportunities were included. Quantitative analysis (i.e., t-tests, chi-squared posthoc tests) was undertaken to evaluate the representation of women speakers and if proportions were the same across genders for speakers. There were significantly less women than men within prestigious speaking roles at gambling studies conferences with only 30.2% of speakers being women (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001). This underrepresentation of women was consistent across conference location, speaker continent, speaker role, time, and across the majority of conferences. Women held prestigious speaking roles less frequently than men (<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic> = 1.48 vs. 1.76; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001). A 9 to 1 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) ratio of men to women was found among top 10 most frequent prestigious speakers. While there was a higher proportion of women than men among student speakers and there was no significant gender disparity among early career researchers, there was a significantly lower proportion of women than men among speakers who hold more senior academic positions. There is an issue of gender disparity in prestigious speaking roles at conferences within the gambling studies field. 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