Description and assessment of trustability of motives for self-exclusion reported by online poker gamblers in a cohort using account-based gambling data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Self-exclusion is one of the main responsible gambling tools. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of self-exclusion motives in self-reports to the gambling service provider.

Settings

This is a retrospective cohort using prospective account-based gambling data obtained from a poker gambling provider.

Participants

Over a period of 7 years we included all poker gamblers self-excluding for the first time, and reporting a motive for their self-exclusion (n=1996). We explored two groups: self-excluders who self-reported a motive related to addiction and those who reported a commercial motive.

Results

No between-group adjusted difference was found on gambling summary variables. Sessions in the two groups were poorly discriminated one from ano

SUBMITTER: Luquiens A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318524 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature