Gambling expenditure by game type among weekly gamblers in Finland

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ID15364749
AutoresAnne H Salonen (0000-0002-4693-0110, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano2018
Volume18
Fascículo1
Páginas697-697
Data de publicação2018-06-05
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditoraBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-5613-4
PMID29871617
OpenAlexW2806918637
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências 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