ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Over-Indebtedness and Problem Gambling in a General Population Sample of Online Gamblers.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Frequency of gambling, mental health, and financial stress among young adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Gambling among indebted individuals: an analysis of bank transaction data.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Motivational telephone intervention to risk gamblers by a state-owned gambling operator in Sweden.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Treatment seeking for gambling disorder in nationwide register data - observations around a major shift in legislation.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Loot box purchasing and indebtedness: The role of psychosocial factors and problem gambling.Addictive behaviors reports · 2023Article
- Using artificial intelligence algorithms to predict self-reported problem gambling with account-based player data in an online casino setting.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Second Session at the Virtual Poker Table: A Contemporary Study of Actual Online Poker Activity.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
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- Latent Classes for the Treatment Outcomes in Women with Gambling Disorder and Buying/Shopping Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Online Gambling in Iranian Social Media Users: Prevalence, Related Variables and Psychiatric Correlations.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Gaming, substance use and distress within a cohort of online gamblers.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOnline gambling has increased in recent years, including online casino games and live sports betting which constitute rapid gambling activities with significant potential for gambling-related harm. There is a paucity of research examining whether specific gambling patterns are related to problem gambling and over-indebtedness, when controlling for psychological distress, gender, and other risk factors.
methodsA general population-based web panel of 1,004 online gamblers were examined in an online survey addressing problem gambling symptoms (the PGSI), psychological distress (Kessler- 6), past 30-day gambling activities, past 30-day gambling losses, history of subjective over-indebtedness and expected over-indebtedness in the near future, as well as socio-demographic data.
resultsIn logistic regression analyses, problem gambling was associated with psychological distress, recent online casino gambling, and recent combined online casino gambling and live sports betting. History of over-indebtedness was associated with recent combined online casino gambling and live sports betting, and expected over-indebtedness was associated with online casino gambling. Problem gambling, and a history of having borrowed money for gambling, were markedly higher in online casino gamblers, compared to subjects not reporting this gambling activity. Problem gambling was markedly more common in women, but was not associated with gender in the adjusted analysis.
conclusionsIn online gamblers, high rates of problem gambling and over-indebtedness were seen, and online casino gambling (alone or in combination with live sports betting), was associated with remarkably increased risk. Gender distribution of problem gamblers was clearly in contrast to that found in previous problem gambling literature. These findingsa suggest regulations in the market of online casino gambling, and prevention of over-indebtedness in gambling-related borrowing, in consumer credit counselling and in mental health care. In particular, female gender may need to be addressed as a stronger risk factor than previously described.
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