The Gambling Behaviour and Attitudes to Sports Betting of Sports Fans.

Emma Seal, Buly A Cardak, Matthew Nicholson, Alex Donaldson, Paul O'Halloran, Erica Randle, Kiera Staley

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

Perceptions of Sports Betting and Promotions in the U.S.: Evidence from a Mixed-Methods Sentiment Analysis of YouTube Comments.Journal of gambling studies · 2026
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The Prototype Willingness Model of Sports Betting: A Yearlong Within-Person Study of Young Adults.Journal of gambling studies · 2026
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Internet, App-Based, and Casino Gambling: Associations Between Modality, Problem Gambling, and Substance Use.Journal of gambling studies · 2024
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Mapping Youth Awareness of Sports Betting Advertising During the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Journal of gambling studies · 2024
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What is known about population level programs designed to address gambling-related harm: rapid review of the evidence.Harm reduction journal · 2024
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Increased ventral anterior insular connectivity to sports betting availability indexes problem gambling.Addiction biology · 2024
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Determinants of problem sports betting among college students: moderating roles of betting frequency and impulsive betting tendency.BMC psychology · 2023
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Who makes in-play bets? Investigating the demographics, psychological characteristics, and gambling-related harms of in-play sports bettors.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023
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Unambiguous evidence that over half of gambling problems in Australia are caused by electronic gambling machines: Results from a large-scale composite population study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023
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Young men's perceptions about the risks associated with sports betting: a critical qualitative inquiry.BMC public health · 2022
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7 authors.

Emma SealSocial and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. emma-louise.seal@rmit.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8476-9201

Buly A CardakSchool of Business, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Matthew NicholsonMonash University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Alex DonaldsonCentre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Paul O'HalloranCentre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Erica RandleCentre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Kiera StaleyCentre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Survey responses from a sample of nearly 15,000 Australian sports fans were used to study the determinants of: (i) gambling behaviour, including if a person does gamble and the type of gambling engaged with; (ii) the number of sports and non-sports bets made over a 12-month period; and (iii) attitudes towards betting on sports. The probability of betting on sports decreased with increasing age and was lower for women and people with a university education. This gender difference varied with age, with the greatest difference found among the young. Similar effects were observed for the number of sports bets made, which declined with age. The gender difference in the number of sports bets also varied with age with the greatest difference found among the young arising from the high propensity of young men to bet on sports. Attitudes to sports betting were also analysed, with a key finding that, within friendship circles, the views that sports betting is perceived as harmless, common and very much a part of enjoying sports were stronger among young men. These permissive attitudes were stronger among people who bet on sports and those who bet on sports more frequently. The analysis of sports fans provides insights into the characteristics of the target market most likely to bet on sports, which can be used to inform public health initiatives and harm reduction campaigns.

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GamblingSportsAttitudeAustraliaFemaleHarm ReductionHumansMaleFan behaviourGambling harmGenderNormalisationSports bettingSports fans

Identifiers

PMID35106695

DOI10.1007/s10899-021-10101-7

PMCPMC8806135

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