The behaviour-attitude divide: understanding public attitudes towards gambling

Delfabbro, Paul; King, Daniel L.

doi:10.1080/14459795.2020.1819366

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“…Attitudes towards gambling is a frequently researched topic across many countries around the world (Delfabbro & King, 2020 ). One of the tools used to measure attitudes to gambling is the ATGS-8.…”

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Gambling Patterns Among People from Vietnam and Ukraine Living in the Czech Republic

Fiedor

Seidlová

2021

J Gambl Stud

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In 2019, a questionnaire was conducted among foreigners living in the Czech Republic focused on gambling, in which 110 respondents from Vietnam and 80 respondents from Ukraine answered. Firstly, the Attitudes towards gambling scale (ATGS-8) was used to discover respondents’ attitudes to gambling. Secondly, their experience with gambling was examined with the help of the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) which allowed, among others, to estimate the level of prevalence of problem gambling in these groups. The methods used allowed us to compare both the Ukrainians to Vietnamese as well as Ukrainians and Vietnamese to Czechs, as similar survey was conducted among the major population of the country in 2017. The overall score of attitudes to gambling is slightly higher for the citizens of Ukraine (17.97) and Vietnam (18.29) compared to the majority. The Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic also have a significantly higher proportion of people in the category of pathological gamblers as based on the PGSI index (Vietnamese 4.2%), whilst the value of this index for Ukrainians (0.7%) is similar to the one of the majority. The analysis of immigrants’ gambling behaviour shows that Ukrainians are more like the majority population. The Vietnamese immigrants differ from both the majority population and Ukrainians in terms of attitudes whilst gambling is for them as common problem as alcohol consumption, and an even bigger problem than smoking.

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Gambling Patterns Among People from Vietnam and Ukraine Living in the Czech Republic

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Seidlová

2021

J Gambl Stud

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“…Prior research identifies individually-held attitudes toward gambling as the main predictor of predicting attitudes to how gambling is regulated [ 22 , 23 ]. Thus, this research model incorporates such attitudes, as well as appraisals of different regulatory frameworks.…”

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Public opinions and attitudes toward a state monopoly: a study of the finnish gambling system

Macey,

Abarbanel,

Castrén

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Gambling regulated through a state monopoly is often justified for reasons of public health, that is, that monopolies are a more effective means of reducing potential harm. This focus on harm prevention has increased in recent years, particularly as a result of pressures arising from the growth of online gambling and of legislation designed to promote competition. While prior works have examined the role of stakeholders in influencing policy decisions and in public discussions of the monopoly systems, attention has been focused on those with direct financial interests; the opinions of the public have largely been absent from these discussions. In 2017 Finland restructured its monopoly order to improve efficacy of addressing gambling related harms; this restructuring offers a valuable insight into public perceptions of and attitudes toward the suitability of the Finnish system to address gambling-related harm. Methods This work uses Structural Equation Modelling and compares attitudes toward the Finnish system between 2015 (pre-restructuring) and 2019 (post-restructuring). Results Overall public opinion of the Finnish system as being suitable for addressing gambling harms declined between 2015 and 2019, despite the restructuring. Several predictors of attitudes were identified, however, the majority had small effect sizes, while the model explained little variance. Conclusion This work concludes that existing approaches to examining public opinions of gambling regulation should be amended to include additional predictors. Furthermore, it is likely that context-specific predictors should be included in models, in order to reflect the socio-cultural history of the population being investigated. Such predictors should be determined in respect to the population of interest but, for example, could include items measuring trust in authority, political orientation, cultural acceptance of gambling, or religious affiliation.

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The Legality of Labor and Perceptions of Deservingness of Rights and Services for Sex Workers

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Burckley,

Centelles

2024

Arch Sex Behav

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The behaviour-attitude divide: understanding public attitudes towards gambling

Cited by 6 publications

References 52 publications

Gambling Patterns Among People from Vietnam and Ukraine Living in the Czech Republic

Gambling Patterns Among People from Vietnam and Ukraine Living in the Czech Republic

Public opinions and attitudes toward a state monopoly: a study of the finnish gambling system

The Legality of Labor and Perceptions of Deservingness of Rights and Services for Sex Workers

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