University of Sydney gambling research centre bankrolled by casinos is ‘troubling’, experts say

Institution says companies won't constrain or edit' research, but public health expert Sean Cowlishaw calls funding relationship unprecedented'

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

Public health experts have criticised the University of Sydney for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from some of the world's biggest gambling companies and casinos, which are bankrolling a new research centre that will examine their conduct.

But the researchers and the university believe the partnership will produce more useful research that limits consumer harm, and one of the gambling companies involved has warned against emotional rhetoric" from critics.

Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup