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

Auer, Michael; Hopfgartner, Niklas; Griffiths, Mark D.

doi:10.1556/2006.7.2018.106

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“…However, players who set voluntary limits without being prompted to do so lost more money gambling than players who did not set limits. Auer et al (2018b) found that information that reminds players that they had just spend 80% of their personal-set limit decreased monetary gambling intensity in consecutive months. Among video lottery players in Nova Scotia, a Canadian study by Focal Research (2007) found that RG features (including limit-setting tools) generally reduced the overall levels of gambling expenditure.…”

Section: Online Gambling Limit-setting and Behavioural Trackingmentioning

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An Empirical Study of the Effect of Voluntary Limit-Setting on Gamblers’ Loyalty Using Behavioural Tracking Data

Auer¹,

Hopfgartner²,

Griffiths

2019

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Online gambling has become increasingly popular over the past decade as has research using behavioural tracking (player account) data. To date, there is no study that has empirically investigated the effects of responsible gambling tools on loyalty. In the present study, the effect of voluntary limit-setting on player loyalty was evaluated over time using tracking data provided by an online gambling operator. More specifically, the authors were given access to an anonymised dataset of 175,818 players who had placed at least one bet or gambled at least once during January 2016 to May 2017 at the online gambling operator Kindred. The average age of the players was 31 years, and overall 18,484 of the players were female (10.5%). The dataset comprised a 20% random sample of the total player population of Kindred. In each of ten playing intensity groups, the percentage of active players in the first quarter of 2017 was higher in the group of players who had set voluntary money limits in the first quarter of 2016 compared to players that did not (suggesting players that set voluntary spending limits are more loyal compared to those who do not). The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Section: Online Gambling Limit-setting and Behavioural Trackingmentioning

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An Empirical Study of the Effect of Voluntary Limit-Setting on Gamblers’ Loyalty Using Behavioural Tracking Data

Auer¹,

Hopfgartner²,

Griffiths

2019

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…6 Consequently, many socially responsible gambling operators now offer their clientele a variety of responsible gambling tools 7 to help players keep in control of the amount of time and money they spend online, and include tools such as limit-setting (allowing gamblers to predetermine the amount of time and/or money they want to spend in a given time period [day/week/month]), self-exclusions (allowing gamblers to exclude themselves from gambling on the website for predetermined amounts of time), pop-up messaging (providing in-play information as to how much time and/or money gamblers have spent in session), and personalized messaging (providing information to gamblers about various aspects of their gambling behavior and/or recommendations about what they can do to stay in control). 7,8 One of the most popular types of responsible gambling tools is limit-setting. 7,8 A recent study carried out among 50 of the world's most popular online gambling sites found that the majority of them (90 percent) offered players voluntary limit-setting tools.…”

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“…7,8 One of the most popular types of responsible gambling tools is limit-setting. 7,8 A recent study carried out among 50 of the world's most popular online gambling sites found that the majority of them (90 percent) offered players voluntary limit-setting tools. 9 Despite the widespread use of limitsetting tools among popular gambling websites, very little research has examined their effectiveness.…”

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“…More specifically, they reported that the voluntary setting of monetary spending limits helped casino and lottery players the most, whereas the voluntary setting of time spending limits helped poker players the most. In a more recent study, Auer et al 8 reported that information sent to Norwegian gamblers through a smartphone text message or e-mail notifying them that they had spent 80 percent of their monthly spending limits significantly decreased monetary gambling intensity in consecutive months.…”

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The Effects of Voluntary Deposit Limit-Setting on Long-Term Online Gambling Expenditure

Auer¹,

Hopfgartner²,

Griffiths

2020

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Online gambling has become increasingly popular but for a small minority of players can be problematic (*5 percent). Many socially responsible online gambling operators have introduced responsible gambling tools to help their players stay in control of their gambling such as monetary limit-setting (in which gamblers predetermine the amount of money they want to spend per day/week/month on gambling). Despite the widespread introduction of such tools, few studies have evaluated their efficacy. This study comprised of an anonymized dataset of 49,560 players who had placed at least one wager with the online gambling operator Kindred. The primary aim of the study was to examine whether the setting of voluntary monetary limits (independent variable) had any effect on online gambling expenditure over a 1-year period (dependent variable). The secondary aim was to examine whether there were any differences in gambling expenditure by gender, age, or gambling intensity (''gambling intensity'' was simply operationalized as the total amount of money wagered during a 3-month period). Results demonstrated that there were no differences with regard to age and gender but that among the most gambling-intense players, those who had voluntarily set limits gambled significantly less money a year later compared with those who had not. Given that those individuals with the highest gambling intensity are more likely to comprise problem gamblers, limit-setting appears to be an effective responsible gambling tool because the top 10 percent of most gambling-intense individuals in this study significantly reduced their gambling expenditure over a 1-year period.

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“…21,22 The Norwegian government helped gamblers control their impulsivity using limit-setting tools, voluntary self-exclusion, and personalized feedback. 22 The internal consistency (Cronbach' s α=0.89) and test-retest reliability of the WBGS (r=0.77, p<0.001) were relatively good and were accepted as reasonable. The criterion-related validity comparing the high-risk group and low-risk group was also statistically significant.…”

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Development and Verification of a Web Board Game Scale

Lee

Bae

Nam

et al. 2020

Psychiatry Investig

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Objective Our previous study suggested that monitoring online board gamers may be an efficient approach to curb illegal gambling. We aimed to invent and validate a behavioral scale for assessing the risk of problematic web-based board gaming.Methods The sample included 300 Korean adults, representing a response rate of 3.1%. All participants were asked to complete a set of questionnaires, which included questions on demographic variables, patterns of online board gaming, and the web-based board game scale score. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine whether the items on the new behavioral scale would indicate a risk of pathologic web-based board gaming behavior.Results The internal consistency of the 17-item scale was high (Cronbach’s α=0.89). The test-retest reliability of the 17-item scale in a randomly selected sample of 100 participants in 2 weeks was r=0.77 (p<0.001). The criterion-related validity based on a comparison of the total behavioral scale scores between the high-risk group and low-risk group was relatively high. The data obtained from the 300 participants were acceptable for a factor analysis. After removing 7 items from the 17-item scale, internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) of the 10-item scale increased to 0.936.Conclusion These results showed that the 10-item version of the scale appeared to be more valid than the 17-item version. We suggest that the 10-item web-based board game behavioral scale is a useful tool for assessing the risk of pathologic web-based board gaming.

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

Cited by 44 publications

References 49 publications

An Empirical Study of the Effect of Voluntary Limit-Setting on Gamblers’ Loyalty Using Behavioural Tracking Data

An Empirical Study of the Effect of Voluntary Limit-Setting on Gamblers’ Loyalty Using Behavioural Tracking Data

The Effects of Voluntary Deposit Limit-Setting on Long-Term Online Gambling Expenditure

Development and Verification of a Web Board Game Scale

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