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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2024

Gambling as Work: A Study of German Poker Players.

Linus Weidner

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Linus WeidnerDepartment of Human and Social Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany. weidner@uni-wuppertal.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8605-8080

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study addresses the question whether professional gamblers can be considered an occupational group from a sociological perspective. It combines survey data on poker players from the German state North Rhine-Westphalia with sociological theory in order to explain the oxymoron of professional gambling. The descriptive analysis of the survey data is supplemented by ego-centric network data of the poker players to analyze whether hobby and professional players maintain different forms of social relationships. Even when semiprofessionals and professional players are grouped together for the purpose of comparative analysis, they fulfill the criteria of occupational groups according to Salaman's major work on the topic. The study points to the fact that more research on occupational groups outside of the common fields is needed and bridges the gap between the literature on serious leisure and sociological research on professions and professionalization.

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GamblingAdultBehavior, AddictiveFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesGamblingOccupationPokerSerious leisure

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PMCPMC11390767

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