Preventing lottery ticket sales to minors: factors influencing retailers' compliance behaviour

St-Pierre, Renée A.; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Gupta, Rina; Martin, Isabelle

doi:10.1080/14459795.2011.579142

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“…This means that retailers are urged to request and check the ID of any customer who looks younger than 23 years even though the minimum age for purchasing lottery products is 16 years (i.e., seven years are added, the "16 + 7 = 23 years" rule; cf. also O'Grady, Asbridge, & Abernathy, 1999;St-Pierre et al, 2011). Participation in the training program is mandatory and all those that complete the training and answer the training questions correctly receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program.…”

Section: Retailer's Responsible Gambling Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The sale of age-restricted products for reasons of youth protection (e.g., gambling products, tobacco products, and alcoholic beverages) has been empirically investigated internationally (e.g., Gosselt et al, 2013, Radecki, 1994, St-Pierre, 2008, St-Pierre et al, 2011, Warpenius, Holmila & Raitasalo, 2016. Radecki (1994) was one of the first researchers to examine the compliance of youth protection requirements via test purchasing.…”

Section: Factors Associated With the Seller And The Test Purchasermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Subsequent research has shown that, the age and gender of the test purchaser and the vendor may play a role in the rates of complying to age restrictions (Clark, Natanblut, Schmitt, Wolters & Iachan, 2000;Corporate Research Group, 2008;O'Grady et al, 1999;Paschall et al, 2007;Radecki & Zdunich, 1993;St-Pierre, 2008;St-Pierre et al, 2011). For the test purchaser's gender, contradictory findings have been reported.…”

Section: Factors Associated With the Seller And The Test Purchasermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For most adults, gambling does not cause any problems, but children and young people constitute a vulnerable group (Calado, Alexandre & Griffiths, 2017;Gosselt, 2011;Gosselt, Neefs, van Hoof & Wagteveld, 2013;Maheshwari & Whyte, 2015;Monaghan & Derevensky, 2008;St-Pierre, Derevensky, Gupta & Martin, 2011;St-Pierre & Derevensky, 2016). A high proportion of children and adolescents start gambling at an early age, between 10 and 12 years old (Gupta & Derevensky, 1998;Wynne, Smith, & Jacobs, 1996), buy lottery tickets and scratchcards themselves -despite the age restrictions (Gosselt et al, 2013;St-Pierre, 2008;Wood & Griffiths, 1998) and often have their first contact with gambling via lottery products (Delfabbro, King & Griffiths, 2014;Felsher, Derevensky & Gupta, 2004;St-Pierre et al, 2011). A Dutch study (Gosselt et al, 2013) reported a compliance rate of 67%, with this rising to 75% if the salesperson asked for the shopper's age and ID.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Buying lottery tickets and scratchcards are often seen less as gambling and more as a pastime, a social activity, and/or a distraction from everyday life (Ariyabuddhiphongs, 2011). Empirical evidence shows that adolescents who gamble are more likely to develop gambling problems and that it can affect their health (Calado et al, 2017;Derevensky, Gupta, Dickson & Deguire, 2004;Gosselt et al, 2013;Hayer, 2012;Jacobs, 2004;Kundu et al, 2013;Lupu & Todirita, 2013;Meyer & Bachmann, 2011;Monaghan & Derevensky, 2008;Stinchfield, 2004;St-Pierre & Derevensky, 2016;St-Pierre et al, 2011).…”

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Selling Lottery Products To Minors: Factors Affecting Retailer Compliance

Malischnig¹,

Griffiths

Meyer

2020

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Illegal gambling by adolescent minors has become a major issue in many societies and lottery gambling is often considered a 'gateway' to gambling more generally among this age group.The purpose of this study was to identify the influencing factors that affect retailer compliance concerning the selling of lottery products to minors. The research team received the original data (i) directly from the sales agents of the Austrian Lotteries after their responsible gambling training of the retailer in 2014/2015 (Round 1: n=5,032), (ii) directly from a third-party agency carrying out test purchases (i.e., 'mystery shopping') in 2014 (Round 2: n=1,421) and (iii) retailers' responses to their attitudes to youth protection issues (through direct interface with the research team) in 2015 (Round 3: n=4,516). The data from a total of 1,036 participants who had taken part in all three rounds was analyzed in the present study. Results showed that in 13.1% of mystery shopping checks, lottery products were sold to a test purchaser under the age of 16 years. The analysis also showed that the older the test purchaser, the greater the likelihood that a lottery product was be sold. Under-age lottery sales to girls were over three times more prevalent than sales to boys. Finally, the analysis showed that the higher the number of responsible gambling training sessions completed in the past and the more positive the attitude towards mystery shopping, the higher the compliance rate not to sell a lottery product to young mystery shoppers. Recommendations to increase compliance and raise the awareness among retailers are presented.

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Section: Retailer's Responsible Gambling Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Factors Associated With the Seller And The Test Purchasermentioning

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Section: Factors Associated With the Seller And The Test Purchasermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Preventing Adolescent Gambling Problems

Derevensky

Gilbeau

2019

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Gambling is an activity that can be performed on-premise (slot machines in casinos, bars and restaurants) or off-premise (scratch cards and lottery tickets). Although the addictive potential may depend on the specific gambling product, early onset increases the likelihood for future pathological gambling. To delay the onset of gambling behavior and to reduce gambling-related problems, many countries have introduced age limits that should decrease the availability of gambling products to underage individuals. In this study we evaluated compliance to the legal age limit, making use of a mystery shopping method. We distinguished between (1) off-premise scratch cards (n = 51); (2) off-premise lottery tickets (n = 49); (3) on-premise slot machines in casinos (n = 88); and (4) on-premise slot machines in the catering industry (n = 100), and we focus on the factors, such as characteristics of the establishment, buyer, and vendor, that may account for possible differences. The 288 visits demonstrate that gambling products are highly available and accessible to under-aged customers; young customers are still able to gamble despite the legal regulations. The compliance rates fluctuate and appear to be related to the specific gambling product in question. Furthermore, age verification activities and certain outlet- and buyer characteristics, as well as characteristics associated with the purchase attempt, may influence compliance.

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Preventing lottery ticket sales to minors: factors influencing retailers' compliance behaviour

Cited by 9 publications

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Selling Lottery Products To Minors: Factors Affecting Retailer Compliance

Selling Lottery Products To Minors: Factors Affecting Retailer Compliance

Preventing Adolescent Gambling Problems

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