Impact of wagering inducements on the gambling behaviors of on-line gamblers: A longitudinal study based on gambling tracking data.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate whether the use of wagering inducements has a significant impact on the gambling behaviors of on-line gamblers and describe this temporal relation under naturalistic conditions.

Design

This longitudinal observational study is part of the second stage of the Screening for Excessive Gambling Behaviors on the Internet (EDEIN) research program.

Setting

Gambling tracking data from the French national on-line gambling authority (poker, horse race betting and sports betting) and from the French national lottery operator (lotteries and scratch games).

Participants

A total of 9306 gamblers who played poker, horse race or sports betting and 5682 gamblers who played lotteries and scratch games completed an on-line survey. The gender ratio was largely male

SUBMITTER: Balem M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293013 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature