ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
The use of personalized behavioral feedback for online gamblers: an empirical study.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- A Longitudinal Investigation of Lower-Risk Gambling Limits in the Canadian National Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
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- Self-reported Deposits Versus Actual Deposits in Online Gambling: An Empirical Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- An Empirical Attempt to Operationalize Chasing Losses in Gambling Utilizing Account-Based Player Tracking Data.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- The Impact of Personalized Feedback Interventions by a Gambling Operator on Subsequent Gambling Expenditure in a Sample of Dutch Online Gamblers.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
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- The Effect of Mandatory Play Breaks on Subsequent Gambling Behavior Among Norwegian Online Sports Betting, Slots and Bingo Players: A Large-scale Real World Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Gambling and financial markets a comparison from a regulatory perspective.Frontiers in sociology · 2022Article
- Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability.PloS one · 2021Article
- Deposit Limit Prompt in Online Gambling for Reducing Gambling Intensity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Social influences normalize gambling-related harm among higher risk gamblers.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2018Article
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Abstract
Over the last few years, online gambling has become a more common leisure time activity. However, for a small minority, the activity can become problematic. Consequently, the gambling industry has started to acknowledge their role in player protection and harm minimization and some gambling companies have introduced responsible gambling tools as a way of helping players stay in control. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of mentor (a responsible gambling tool that provides personalized feedback to players) among 1,015 online gamblers at a European online gambling site, and compared their behavior with matched controls (n = 15,216) on the basis of age, gender, playing duration, and theoretical loss (i.e., the amount of money wagered multiplied by the payout percentage of a specific game played). The results showed that online gamblers receiving personalized feedback spent significantly less time and money gambling compared to controls that did not receive personalized feedback. The results suggest that responsible gambling tools providing personalized feedback may help the clientele of gambling companies gamble more responsibly, and may be of help those who gamble excessively to stay within their personal time and money spending limits.
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