Gambling Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Online Casino Gamblers
An Empirical Study Using Behavioral Tracking Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15440862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Auer (0000-0002-6303-596X, Liebherr (Austria)), Mark D Griffiths (0000-0001-8880-6524, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1722-1732 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-1874 • E-ISSN: 1557-1882 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11469-020-00462-2 |
| PMID | 33551689 |
| OpenAlex | W3128482094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
Gambling, like many other leisure activities, has been greatly affected by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The present study investigated the behavior of a sample of online casino gamblers before and after the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in March 2020. The authors were given access to behavioral tracking data of a representative sample of 133,286 online casino gamblers by a large European online gambling operator with several online casino Swedish licenses. Online casino gambling activity utilizing daily cross-sectional data was examined over a 5-month period from January 1 to May 31 (2020). Results indicated that the (i) number of active online casino gamblers significantly increased over time, (ii) mean average amount of money bet by online casino gamblers daily significantly decreased over time, (iii) mean average daily bet by online casino gamblers at both the 90th and 99th percentiles significantly decreased over time, and (iv) mean average daily bet by online casino gamblers at the 10th and 25th percentiles significantly increased over time. The analysis also indicated that the number of high-risk players significantly decreased during the 5-month study period. While many different groups have claimed that gambling and problem gambling would increase during the pandemic due to more time being spent at home, evidence from the present study suggests that this is not the case because gambling intensity decreased, at least among Swedish gamblers
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Health psychology · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Percentile · Public health · Sample (material · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sociology · Statistics · Tracking (education · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing · Demography · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |