ArticleJournal of gambling studies2023
An Empirical Attempt to Operationalize Chasing Losses in Gambling Utilizing Account-Based Player Tracking Data.
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- Chasing the Present: Cognitive Distortions, Time Perspective, and Alcohol use in Adolescent Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Loss Chasing among Online Gamblers: Assessing Optimized Thresholds for the Prediction of Gambling Harm.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Sounds like gambling: detection of gambling venue visitation from sounds in gamblers' environments using a transformer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Within-session chasing of losses and wins in an online eCasino.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Between-session chasing of losses and wins in an online eCasino.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Behavioural Tracking and Profiling Studies Involving Objective Data Derived from Online Operators: A Review of the Evidence.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Review
- Development of the Online Problem Gaming Behavior Index: A New Scale Based on Actual Problem Gambling Behavior Rather Than the Consequences of it.Evaluation & the health professions · 2024Article
- Comparative Cognition Research Demonstrates the Similarity between Humans and Other Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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Abstract
In recent years, account-based player tracking data have been utilized as a potential tool to identify problem gambling online and associated markers of harm. One established marker of harm among problem gamblers is chasing losses, and chasing losses is a key criterion for gambling disorder in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Given the paucity of research with respect to chasing losses among online casino players using account-based data, the present study developed five metrics that may be indicative of chasing behavior: These were (i) within-session chasing, (ii) across-session chasing, (iii) across-days chasing, (iv) regular gambling account depletion, and (v) frequent session depositing. The authors were given access by a European online casino to raw data of all players who had placed at least one bet or wagered at least once during December 2021 (N = 16,771 players from the UK, Spain, and Sweden). Results indicated that frequent session depositing reflected chasing losses better than any of the other four metric operationalizations used. While frequent session depositing appears to be more indicative of chasing losses than the other four metrics, all the metrics provide useful information which can be used to help identify problematic gambling behavior online.
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