Patterns and correlates of consumer protection tool use by Australian online gambling customers
| Autor: | Robert Heirene, Darya P. Vanichkina, Sally M. Gainsbury |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Time-out Persuasive communication Tool Use Behavior Persuasive Communication Australia Medicine (miscellaneous) Online gambling PsycINFO Consumer protection Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Risk-Taking Customer base Gambling Humans Female Marketing Set (psychology) Psychology Timeout |
| Zdroj: | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 35:974-984 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1501 0893-164X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Consumer Protection Tools (CPTs; e.g., deposit limits, timeouts) are provided by gambling sites to assist customers to gamble without harms. We aimed to understand how CPTs are used, and by which customers, which is essential to determine their effectiveness. METHOD We examined the account data of 39,853 customers (median age = 33 years; 84% male) across six Australian wagering sites over 1 year (2018/07/01-2019/06/30). RESULTS Most (83%) customers did not use any CPTs, with low rates of use for deposit limits (15.8%), timeouts (0.55%-1.57%), and self-exclusion tools (0.16%-0.57%) observed. Requiring customers to set a deposit limit or opt-out of setting one led to substantial increases in limit setting. Many customers who used limits later changed them, typically by increasing or removing them. Non-CPT users and deposit limit users were similar in their demographic and gambling characteristics, while comparatively, timeout and/or self-exclusion users were younger and displayed more risky gambling behaviors (e.g., higher net loss and betting frequency). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that voluntary deposit limits have inherent limitations in addressing harmful behaviors if consumers can easily increase or remove limits. The study suggests that greater efforts are needed to encourage CPT use among a broad customer base, including default limits requiring opt-out, greater restrictions on increasing or remove limits, and more persuasive communication of the benefits of timeouts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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