Can an Industry Be Socially Responsible If Its Products Harm Consumers? The Case of Online Gambling

Yani-De-Soriano, Marie Mirella; Javed, Umer; Yousafzai, Shumaila

doi:10.1007/s10551-012-1495-z

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“…Despite the public concern regarding the proliferation of online gambling (Korn & Shaffer, 2004), and the common finding that online gamblers are more likely than offline gamblers to be problem gamblers (Griffiths et al, 2009;LaBrie et al, 2007;Wood & Williams, 2009), relatively little is known about the psychosocial risk factors for online gamblers (de Soriano, Javed & Yousafzai, 2012). The large majority of internet gambling research categorises online gamblers as a homogenous population and have compared online gamblers and offline gamblers.…”

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Identifying risk and mitigating gambling-related harm in online poker

Parke

Griffiths

2016

Journal of Risk Research

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The present paper conducts a critical analysis of the potential for gambling--related harm in relation to online poker participation, and a theoretical evaluation of current responsible gambling strategies employed to mitigate harm in online poker gambling. Theoretically, the primary risk for harm in online poker is the rapid and continuous nature of poker provisions online, and has been demonstrated to be associated with disordered gambling behaviour, including the chasing of monetary losses. The following responsible gambling features were deemed relevant for consideration: informed player choice, voluntary self--exclusion, employee intervention, pre--commitment, in--game feedback, behavioural tracking tools, and age restriction and verification.Although current responsible gambling features are evaluated as theoretically robust, there remains a fundamental need for experimental validation of their effectiveness. Furthermore, despite online poker gamblers perceiving the responsible gambling features as valuable tools, in reality very few players regularly use available responsible gambling features. Ultimately, for the online poker gambling industry to retain market credibility and avoid substantial top--down regulation, it is imperative to demonstrate effectiveness of responsible gambling approaches, and increase customer utilisation of available harm--mitigation features.

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Identifying risk and mitigating gambling-related harm in online poker

Parke

Griffiths

2016

Journal of Risk Research

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“…However, it is known that gambling disorder can have a seriously damaging impact on affected gamblers' mental and physical health, their interpersonal relationships, and their finances (Griffiths, 2004). As the integration of gambling into everyday lives has shown individuals losing track of their spending (Auer and Griffiths, 2016;Siemens and Kopp, 2011), the concern about individual and social harm has grown (Canale, Veino & Griffiths, 2016;Yani-de-Soriano et al, 2012). In this sense, online gambling has been considered to be more harmful and less regulated than traditional gambling (Cotte and Latour, 2009;Kuss and Griffiths, 2012).…”

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“…Empirical studies have shown that disordered gambling is related to an increase in the availability of gambling activities (Jacques et al, 2000), and that online gamblers are more likely to be problem gamblers than those who only gamble offline (e.g., Yani-de-Soriano et al, 2012;Griffiths and Barnes 2008;Ladd and Petry 2002) although almost all online gamblers also gamble offline (Wardle et al, 2011), and vulnerable individuals (e.g., problem gamblers) appear to be more susceptible to online gambling problems (Griffiths, Wardle, Orford et al, 2009). The new technological environment has forced governments worldwide to adapt their legislation.…”

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Online Gambling Advertising and the Third-Person Effect

Guerrero-Solé

López-González

Griffiths

2017

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

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Psychology and Learning, 7(2), 15-30. AbstractGambling disorder is known to have a negatively detrimental impact on affected individual's physical and psychological health, social relationships, and finances. Via remote technologies (e.g., Internet, mobile phones, and interactive television), gambling has come out of gambling venues and has brought the potential for online gambling to occur anywhere (e.g., the home, the workplace, and on the move). Alongside the rise of online gambling, online gambling advertising have spread throughout all type of media. In a sample of 201 Spanish university students, the present study explored the perceived influence of online gambling advertising.More specifically it examined the Third-Person Effect (TPE), and its consequences on individuals' willingness to support censorship or public service advertising. The findings demonstrate that despite the difference on the perception of the effects of online gambling advertising, it scarcely accounts for the behavioural outcomes analysed. On the contrary, awareness of problem gambling and, above all, paternalistic attitudes appear to explain this support.

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“…These communications tools dramatically ease person-to-person communications [1]and business-to-consumer communications [2], and these user generated content environments have been shown useful in a wide variety of communications settings [3]. However, with this popularity and rapid growth comes a darker side-online addiction [4][5][6]. What drives people to these sites is an open area of research.…”

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Young Female Users of Social Media and Internet Addiction

Rudolph¹

2013

J Mass Communicat Journalism

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Can an Industry Be Socially Responsible If Its Products Harm Consumers? The Case of Online Gambling

Cited by 95 publications

References 63 publications

Identifying risk and mitigating gambling-related harm in online poker

Identifying risk and mitigating gambling-related harm in online poker

Online Gambling Advertising and the Third-Person Effect

Young Female Users of Social Media and Internet Addiction

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