Media rights and online betting in football matches under Portuguese law

Pereira, A.

doi:10.1007/s40318-014-0051-7

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“…Individuals in Portugal can engage in sports betting either in person at authorised establishments or online through diverse platforms, aligning with technological advancements and the increasing prevalence of mobile devices and betting applications. Importantly, our study’s findings corroborate that sports bets are particularly favoured among the Portuguese population, with a notable emphasis on young adults [ 4 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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Gambling Disorder among Porto’s University Students

Azevedo,

Santos,

Sá

2023

Healthcare

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Background: Gambling disorder is an emerging problem among young adults and must be researched to provide the necessary support. This study aims to characterise gambling disorders in Porto’s university students. Methods: A cross-sectional study distributed an online questionnaire to Porto’s university students. The authors developed a self-administered questionnaire that included the South Oaks Gambling Screen questionnaire—Portuguese Version (SOGS-PV). Results: A total of 1123 responses were included. The participants’ average age was 22.4 years (SD = 6.2), and 60.9% were women. Gambling activities were performed by 66.4% of the students, most commonly online or video games, “scratch card” games, skill games, lotteries, and sports bets. The final scores of the SOGS-PV suggested 19.7% (95% CI: 17.4–22.0) of students may have a gambling disorder, with 16.6% (95% CI: 14.4–18.8) being “probable pathological gamblers” and 3.1% (95% CI: 2.1–4.1) being “problem gamblers”. Gambling in the stocks/commodities market/virtual coins, sports bets, playing cards for money, and the numbers or betting on lotteries presents a higher risk of gambling disorder. The age (OR: 0.953; 95% CI: 0.922–0.986), being male (OR: 2.756; 95% CI: 1.899–4.000), the highest daily gambling amount (OR: 3.938; 95% CI: 2.580–6.012), the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (OR: 0.129; 95% CI: 0.087–0.191), a mother with gambling disorder (OR: 5.284; 95% CI: 1.038–26.902), the personal services education area (OR: 2.858; 95% CI: 1.179–6.929), and the linguistics education area (OR: 2.984; 95% CI: 1.538–5.788) stand out as contributing factors to the development of this disorder. Conclusions: This study reveals a high level of possible gambling disorder among university students and emphasises the importance of this problem in the academic community. Physician awareness and prevention programmes are needed in this population.

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confidence: 82%