Gambling expenditure by game type among weekly gamblers in Finland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15364749
AutoresAnne H Salonen (0000-0002-4693-0110, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, autor de correspondencia), Jukka Kontto (0000-0003-3899-9852, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Riku Perhoniemi (0000-0002-3199-3952, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Hannu Alho (0000-0002-5943-727X, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Sari Castrén (0000-0003-0492-9610, University of Turku)
Año2018
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas697-697
Fecha de publicación2018-06-05
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditorialBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-5613-4
PMID29871617
OpenAlexW2806918637
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas44

It seems that overall gambling frequency is the strongest indicator of high gambling expenditure. Our results showed that different game types had different effect sizes on gambling expenditure. Weekly gambling on horse races and non-monopoly games had the greatest increasing effect on expenditure. However, different game types also varied based on their popularity. The extent of potential harms caused by high expenditure therefore also varies on the population level. Based on our results, future prevention and harm minimization efforts should be tailored to different game types for greater effectiveness

Demographics · Demography · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Medicine · Psychology