2021
DOI: 10.4309/jgi.2021.47.15
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Challenges in the Measurement of Gambling Product Risk: A Critical Review of the ASTERIG Assessment Tool

Abstract: Recognition of the role of structural characteristics and their potential association with gambling harm has led to the development of protocols to assess the risk of gambling products. Such tools rate products on a range of ‘risk criteria’ and assign classifications that might be used to inform product design or regulatory decision-making. One of published examples of these tools is ASTERIG which assigns ratings of lowest to highest to products based on 10 criteria that include, for example: event frequency, … Show more

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“…Email: asa.kroon@oru.se problem development, The Public Health Agency of Sweden makes use of an adjusted variant of ASTERIG (Peren, 2011), an assessment tool used to classify which games are judged to be particularly risky according to a 10-point risk scale. However, Delfabbro and Parke (2021) identify limitations with the ASTERIG risk criteria as well as noting that the tool omits important dimensions of risk. Nevertheless, according to its current modified use in the Swedish context, games with a high-risk potential are those which have a short time frame between betting and result, fast payments of winnings, possibilities of long gambling sessions, particular light and sound designs, and are often available via the Internet.…”
Section: Introduction and Position Of Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Email: asa.kroon@oru.se problem development, The Public Health Agency of Sweden makes use of an adjusted variant of ASTERIG (Peren, 2011), an assessment tool used to classify which games are judged to be particularly risky according to a 10-point risk scale. However, Delfabbro and Parke (2021) identify limitations with the ASTERIG risk criteria as well as noting that the tool omits important dimensions of risk. Nevertheless, according to its current modified use in the Swedish context, games with a high-risk potential are those which have a short time frame between betting and result, fast payments of winnings, possibilities of long gambling sessions, particular light and sound designs, and are often available via the Internet.…”
Section: Introduction and Position Of Studymentioning
confidence: 99%