Second Session at the Virtual Poker Table: A Contemporary Study of Actual Online Poker Activity.

Autor: Tom MA; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA. mtom@cha.harvard.edu.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. mtom@cha.harvard.edu., Edson TC; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Louderback ER; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Nelson SE; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Amichia KA; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA., LaPlante DA; Division on Addiction, Suite 630, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA, 02148, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of gambling studies [J Gambl Stud] 2023 Sep; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 1295-1317. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 27.
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-022-10147-1
Abstrakt: Technological advancements and worldwide television exposure led to a poker boom in the early 2000s, and poker (both live and online) has retained some of that popularity today. The present study examined online poker playing trends based on actual electronic betting records data for 2489 subscribers to a major global internet gambling operator from 2015 to 2017. We found that overall financial involvement (median total overall spend: €439.7) and time commitment (median number of sessions: 43) during the two-year study period were relatively moderate. We identified the top 1% by total overall spend as a subgroup of highly involved players with disproportionately higher financial involvement (median total overall spend: €272,581.4) and time commitment (median number of sessions: 1149). Our results were similar to those reported in LaPlante et al.'s (Comput Hum Behav 25(3):711-717, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.027 ) study of online poker betting records, suggesting that players' levels of involvement are similar to those from ten years ago despite numerous changes to the online poker environment. We also analyzed records of deposits and withdrawals, and we observed similar indicators of moderate gambling behavior within the overall sample (median two-year total amount deposited: €176.4). In contrast to popular beliefs about internet gambling, in our sample, most online poker play was arguably moderate. However, a small percentage of highly involved players play poker at extreme levels and require closer scrutiny.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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