Consumer attitudes towards Internet gambling: Perceptions of responsible gambling policies, consumer protection, and regulation of online gambling sites

Maintaining and losing control during internet gambling: A qualitative study of gamblers’ experiences

“…Many participants in our study advocated for formal limits on deposit amounts, on amounts able to be lost per gambling session and on credit availability to gamble online, with some recommending prohibiting credit gambling altogether. This finding generally aligns with research on customer attitudes towards pre-commitment strategies for electronic gaming machines (Gainsbury et al, 2013a;Ladouceur et al, 2012) showing that most gamblers support the concept of pre-commitment, although many non-problem and low-risk gamblers perceive it as personally unnecessary. The current study, based on only moderate risk/problem gamblers, also found high support for pre-commitment strategies to help limit online gambling.…”

“…Studies have shown that internet gamblers embrace various responsible gambling strategies, and perceive these as effective in controlling problematic gambling (e.g., monetary limits, pop-up messages) (Auer and Griffiths, 2013;Gainsbury et al, 2013a;Monaghan, 2009;Nelson et al, 2008;Wohl et al, 2013;Wood and Griffiths, 2008). However, few studies have examined self-control strategies used in the absence of operator-provided tools.…”

Chasing losses in online poker and casino games: Characteristics and game play of Internet gamblers at risk of disordered gambling

“…These results would then add to the knowledge of the characteristics and game play behaviours that are associated with risky Internet gambling. Previously published analyses of the data used for this current paper found that chasing losses was associated with several known predictors of disordered gambling, including reports that responsible gambling tools would be useful, having a dispute with an online gambling operator, and suspecting players and sites of cheating (Gainsbury, Parke et al, 2013). The current paper aims to expand these findings by investigating the specific demographic and game play factors related to chasing losses in a large sample of Internet gamblers.…”

Identifying risk and mitigating gambling-related harm in online poker

“…Several researchers have identified that one of the most significant problems limiting the ability to implement effective responsible gambling features, is that there is an erroneous perception of 8 homogeneity across gambling activities rather than an attempt to consider the effectiveness of a combination of features in relation to a specific gambling activity, for example online poker (Gainsbury, Parke & Suhonen, 2013;Laakuso et al, 2014;Wood, Shorter & Griffiths, 2014).…”