Setting Win Limits: An Alternative Approach to “Responsible Gambling”?

Walker, Douglas M.; Litvin, Stephen W.; Sobel, Russell S.; St-Pierre, Renée A.

doi:10.1007/s10899-014-9453-6

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“…While pre-commitment tools are generally seen as positive by the gamblers themselves (Griffiths et al 2009), it has also been noted that fixed limits set by the gambling operator do not necessarily encourage and facilitate gamblers to take individual responsibility for managing and monitoring how much money and/or time they spend gambling (Wood and Griffiths 2010). More recently, Walker et al (2015) proposed the use of win limits that limit the amount of money a gambler can win. They tested this feature with a number of players and a simulated slot machine and found that a self-enforced win limit resulted in increased player performance and reduced casino profit.…”

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Global Limit Setting as a Responsible Gambling Tool: What Do Players Think?

Auer¹,

Reiestad²,

Griffiths

2018

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Many companies offer tools to help their clientele gamble more responsibly. Such tools include pre-commitment facilities where the gambler can set voluntary time and money limits. However, empirical evidence is lacking as to whether voluntary or mandatory limit setting has any positive impact on subsequent gambling behavior and whether such measures are of help to high-intensity and/or problem gamblers. In the present study, 2352 gamblers who had played games with Norsk Tipping (NT), the Norwegian Government-owned gambling operator, were surveyed after NT had introduced a mandatory global loss limit across its gaming portfolio. The survey included questions relating to whether players had heard about the new global loss limits, their attitudes towards limit setting, whether they found the global limits personally relevant, the most important reasons for setting the limits, and whether they gambled elsewhere if they reached their loss limits. Findings demonstrated that three-quarters of the sample were aware the new global loss limit had been introduced, two-thirds of the sample knew how to set limits on their gambling, and four-fifths of the sample had a positive attitude towards the global loss limit. Very few gamblers played with other operators after they had reached their spending limits. It is concluded that the introduction of a global loss limit had a positive impact among Norsk Tipping's clientele and the implications for the present findings are discussed.Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Global Limit Setting as a Responsible Gambling Tool: What Do Players Think?

Auer¹,

Reiestad²,

Griffiths

2018

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…One RG-strategy that has the potential to help individuals gamble in a sustainable manner, is setting pre-committed limits for how much money they can lose, deposit or win (Auer and Griffiths, 2013; Kim et al, 2014; Walker et al, 2015). However, three systematic reviews failed to find clear evidence of the effectiveness of monetary pre-commitment (Ladouceur et al, 2012, 2017; Drawson et al, 2017).…”

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Deposit Limit Prompt in Online Gambling for Reducing Gambling Intensity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2019

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Pre-commitment tools – allowing users of gambling services to pre-set a limit for how much money they may spend – are relatively common. However, there exist no clear evidence of their effectiveness in preventing gamblers from spending more money than they otherwise planned. The aim of the study was to compare gambling intensity between users of an online gambling service prompted to set a deposit limit and non-prompted customers, both in the whole sample and among most active users based on the total number of gambling days. Prospective customers of a publicly governed gambling operator from Finland were randomized to receive a prompt to set a voluntary deposit limit of optional size either (1) at registration, (2) before or (3) after their first deposit, or (4) to an unprompted control condition. Data on customers from Finland with online slots as a preferred gambling category ( N = 4328) were tracked in the platform for 90 days starting at account registration, gambling intensity being measured with aggregated net loss. The intervention groups did not differ from each other in either proportion of participants with positive net loss or size of positive net loss. The pooled intervention group did not differ from the control group regarding proportion of gamblers with positive net loss (OR = 1.0; p = 0.921) or size of net loss ( B = -0.1; p = 0.291). The intervention groups had higher rates of limit-setters compared to the control condition (OR at-registration/pre-deposit/post-deposit = 11.9/9.2/4.1). Customers who have increased/removed a previously set deposit limit had higher net loss than the limit-setters who have not increased/removed their limit (B at-registration/pre-deposit/post-deposit/control = 0.7/0.6/1.0/1.3), and unprompted limit-setters lost more than unprompted non-setters ( B = 1.0). Prompting online gamblers to set a voluntary deposit limit of optional size did not affect subsequent net loss compared to unprompted customers, motivating design and evaluation of alternative pre-commitment tools. Setting a deposit limit without a prompt or increasing/removing a previously set limit may be a marker of gambling problems and may be used to identify customers in need of help.

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“…Some gambling operators offer the flexibility for players to choose different limits for different game types (e.g., casino, sports-betting, and poker). More recently, Walker, Litvin, Sobel, and St-Pierre (2015) proposed the use of win limits. These are limits that reduce the amount of money a gambler can win.…”

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The effect of loss-limit reminders on gambling behavior: A real-world study of Norwegian gamblers

Auer¹,

Hopfgartner²,

Griffiths

2018

J Behav Addict

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BackgroundOver the past two decades, problem gambling has become a public health issue and research from many countries indicates that a small but significant minority of individuals are problem gamblers. In Norway, the prevalence of problem gambling among adults is estimated to be just less than 1%. To help minimize the harm from gambling, the Norwegian government’s gambling operator (Norsk Tipping) has introduced several responsible gambling initiatives to help protect players from developing gambling problems (e.g., limit-setting tools, voluntary self-exclusion, personalized feedback, etc.).AimThe aim of this study was to determine whether the receiving of personalized feedback exceeding 80% of a personally set monetary personal limit had an effect on subsequent playing behavior compared to those gamblers who did not receive personalized feedback.MethodsOut of 54,002 players, a total of 7,884 players (14.5%) received at least one piece of feedback that they had exceeded 80% of their personal global monthly loss limit between January and March 2017.ResultsUsing a matched-pairs design, results showed that those gamblers receiving personalized feedback in relation to limit-setting showed significant reductions in the amount of money gambled.ConclusionThe findings of this study will be of great value to many stakeholder groups including researchers in the gambling studies field, the gambling industry, regulators, and policymakers.

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Setting Win Limits: An Alternative Approach to “Responsible Gambling”?

Cited by 24 publications

References 25 publications

Global Limit Setting as a Responsible Gambling Tool: What Do Players Think?

Global Limit Setting as a Responsible Gambling Tool: What Do Players Think?

Deposit Limit Prompt in Online Gambling for Reducing Gambling Intensity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The effect of loss-limit reminders on gambling behavior: A real-world study of Norwegian gamblers

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