An exploratory study of illegal gamblers in Hong Kong

Tessler, Andrew; Beyrouty, Kareen El; Crapnell, Natasha

doi:10.1186/s40405-017-0030-7

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“…The illegal gambling setting appears to give illegal gamblers the excitement they need, possibly because of the involvement in illegal activity. That is consistent with the findings of other studies (Binde, 2011;Tessler et al, 2017) claiming that although illegal gamblers have an alternative to gamble at legal gambling settings, such settings appear not to satisfy the diverse tastes of gamblers, who are often more attracted to illegal gambling settings.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…There have been few studies that examined the differences in gambling behavior between legal and illegal gamblers (Tessler et al, 2017) and further research is required on the subject. To date, gambling behaviors have been researched quantitatively, mostly from the addiction, health, psychological, and economic perspectives, and little research attention has been directed at the criminological and legal aspects of gambling.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, gambling behaviors have been researched quantitatively, mostly from the addiction, health, psychological, and economic perspectives, and little research attention has been directed at the criminological and legal aspects of gambling. The few studies covering the illegal aspects of gambling focused on narrow and limited geographic regions, and were conducted mostly in South Asian countries and regions such as China and Hong Kong (Tessler et al, 2017;Wang & Antonopoulos, 2016), as well as in Iran, where they studied illegal sports betting (Kabiri et al, 2020). Because the Internet makes it possible to gamble almost everywhere, even in countries where online gambling is banned, more studies are needed that focus on illegal gambling.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The contribution of the present study lies in expanding the knowledge about people who engage in illegal gambling and comparing them with those who gamble legally. Previous studies (Tessler et al, 2017;Wang & Antonopoulos, 2016) have revealed differences between illegal and legal gamblers. Illegal gamblers have been found to be more enthusiastic and to gamble for larger amounts and more frequently.…”

Section: Gambling In Israelmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Differences Between Illegal and Legal Gamblers in Israel: Gambling Behavior, Motivation, and Substance Use

Bonny-Noach

2022

J Gambl Stud

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Little is known about people who gamble in illegal settings, and the extent of differences in gambling behavior between legal and illegal gamblers is unclear. The present study examined the characteristics of illegal gamblers and whether they engage in more frequent and severe gambling behaviors, and demonstrate greater motivation for gambling and substance use than legal gamblers. A cross-sectional online survey recruited 1251 people who gambled in the preceding year, of whom 13% (N = 161) participated in illegal gambling. Significant differences were found in gambling behaviors between illegal and legal gamblers in all outcomes examined. People who participated in illegal gambling reported more frequent participation in almost all types of legal gambling, more types of "multi-bets," more severe and high-risk gambling behaviors, higher motivations to gamble, and higher frequencies of substance use than those who engaged in legal gambling. Logistic regressions revealed that the stronger associations with illegal gambling were among problem gamblers (OR = 17.80; CI 9.21-34.4; p < 0.000), among the age group of 29-41 years (OR = 6.16; CI 3.15-12.3; p < 0.000), among moderate-risk gamblers (OR = 5.54;; p < 0.000) and among secular individuals (OR = 4.11; CI 1.73-9.77; p ≤ 0.001). A comprehensive gambling policy is needed in Israel to address illegal gambling. The policy should attend to harm reduction, treatment, prevention, and enforcement. Additionally, more studies are needed to examine gambling behavior and other risk behaviors of illegal gamblers.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Gambling In Israelmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Differences Between Illegal and Legal Gamblers in Israel: Gambling Behavior, Motivation, and Substance Use

Bonny-Noach

2022

J Gambl Stud

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“…Illegal gamblers are more likely to be at-risk, moderaterisk, or problem gamblers and less likely to be nonproblem gamblers than those who gamble legally. As a result, problem gambling is more common among people who gamble illegally online, resulting in issues such as depression, alcohol and drug abuse, family breakup, debt, and suicide [18][19][20][21].…”

Section: Issues With Illegal Gamblingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detecting Illegal Online Gambling (IOG) Services in the Mobile Environment

Min

Lee

2022

Security and Communication Networks

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Despite the extensive ramifications of illegal online gambling (IOG) services, actions taken by government authorities have had little effect in halting these operations. In order to reduce the prevalence of IOG, the ability to detect malicious uniform resource locators (URLs) is crucial. Text mining and binary classification have been widely adopted to detect and prevent spam short message services (SMSs), but government authorities and various task forces that monitor and regulate gambling also rely on the analysis of malicious URLs. This study proposes a novel system to analyse the characteristics of spam URLs, offering a method that can assist government agencies combatting mobile IOG sites.

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Severity of gambling behaviors: exploring associations with venues, legality, and substance use

Bonny-Noach

2024

Isr J Health Policy Res

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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to an increase in gambling behaviors, potentially leading to Gambling Disorder (GD) and adverse health and social consequences. Problematic gambling has received little research attention over the years in Israeli society and the issue of gambling is not high on the list of priorities of Israeli policymakers. The present study examined gambling behavior in Israel on a continuum of severity and its association with venues where the gambling occurs, legality, attitude toward the legalization of casinos and poker, and substance use. Methods The study questionnaires were distributed to approximately 15,000 Jewish-Israeli adults via internet panel. From 3,088 Israeli adults who answered the questionnaire, 1,251 (40.5%) reported gambling in the last year and were included in the analyses. Results Based on the Problem Gambling Severity Index, 60% of participants were classified as non-problem gamblers, 25% as at low-risk for a gambling problem, 11% as at moderate risk, and 4% as having a gambling problem. Most online gambling was practiced by non-problem gamblers (40%) and most illegal gambling was by low-risk gamblers (34%). The more severe the gambling behavior was on the continuum, the more it was associated with illegal substance use and positive attitudes toward legalized casinos in Israel. Logistic regression showed the odds of developing moderate and problem gambling were 3.8 times higher for online gamblers (OR = 3.8; CI 2.6–5.4; p < 0.000) and 3.3 times higher for illegal gamblers (OR = 3.3; CI 2.2–4.9; p < 0.000). Conclusion Though more research attention should be paid to gambling behaviors, harm reduction gambling interventions should be made available to all categories on the continuum of severity of gambling behaviors. The present study provides evidence-based information to promote health policies that aim to prevent and reduce harm for Israeli gamblers.

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An exploratory study of illegal gamblers in Hong Kong

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Differences Between Illegal and Legal Gamblers in Israel: Gambling Behavior, Motivation, and Substance Use

Differences Between Illegal and Legal Gamblers in Israel: Gambling Behavior, Motivation, and Substance Use

Detecting Illegal Online Gambling (IOG) Services in the Mobile Environment

Severity of gambling behaviors: exploring associations with venues, legality, and substance use

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