Online Problem Gambling: A Comparison of Casino Players and Sports Bettors via Predictive Modeling Using Behavioral Tracking Data

Ukhov, Ivan; Bjurgert, Johan; Auer, Michael; Griffiths, Mark D.

doi:10.1007/s10899-020-09964-z

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“…To what extent transitioning from online betting to casino playing, provoked by the COVID-19 situation, leads to long-term effects on prevalence of problem gambling ( 16 – 18 ) remains unknown and is an important topic for future research. Previous research shows that least amongst users of online gambling providers that offer both betting and casino games (as in the current study), there is likely to already be a great overlap such that a large proportion engage in both gambling types ( 21 , 32 ), suggesting that most players who transitioned during the COVID-19 outbreak simply changed their proportion of betting vs. casino gambling. Importantly, our data does not allow us to distinguish between activity from transitions between gambling modalities amongst existing gamblers, from that of new gamblers who may have turned to gambling due to pandemic-related anxiety or boredom ( 11 , 12 ).…”

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Transitioning Between Online Gambling Modalities and Decrease in Total Gambling Activity, but No Indication of Increase in Problematic Online Gambling Intensity During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Sweden: A Time Series Forecast Study

Lindner

Forsström

Jönsson

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Front. Public Health

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Introduction: The COVID-19 outbreak will likely have a public health impact beyond immediate disease transmission. Little is known about whether social distancing and other societal changes has provoked an increase in gambling, whether decreased betting opportunities due to paused sports events spurred gamblers to transition to online casino gambling, or whether any of these factors have had an impact on problem gambling. Methods: Data on lookup queries against the Swedish Gambling Paus registry, logging all initiated gambling sessions by all licensed gambling providers, from 2019-01-01 (start of registry) to 2020-04-08 (well into the first phase of the outbreak) were analyzed using TBATS time series forecasting to estimate trends after the first domestic COVID-19 death. Obfuscated data on daily total wagered and deposited amounts, split by modality (casino or betting, and low and high intensity, respectively) for the equivalent period were supplied by a licensed online gambling provider. Results: Total gambling activity decreased by 13.29% during the first phase of the outbreak compared to forecast. Analyses of online gambling data revealed that although betting decreased substantially in synchrony with a slight increase in online casino gambling, there was no increase in likely problematic, high-intensity gambling and neither did total online gambling increase. Lindner et al. Gambling After COVID-19 Outbreak Conclusions: This first, preliminary study revealed no increase in Swedish gambling activity, total or specifically online, in the first phase of the COVID-19 outbreak. Future research should examine whether pandemic-induced transitioning between gambling modalities and/or increased participation in gambling, leads to long-term effects on prevalence of problem gambling.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 64%

Transitioning Between Online Gambling Modalities and Decrease in Total Gambling Activity, but No Indication of Increase in Problematic Online Gambling Intensity During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Sweden: A Time Series Forecast Study

Lindner

Forsström

Jönsson

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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“…e famous Chinese academician Zhong Nanshan recommends that everyone exercise regularly [11][12][13]. In an environment where people across the country are healthy, using Internet+ sports to further promote and popularize sports.…”

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Real-Time Tracking Method for Sports Targets in Smart Cities under the Internet+ Background

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Real-time tracking of video sports targets has been widely used in the sports industry. In order to further improve the accuracy of real-time tracking of sports targets, this paper proposes a real-time tracking method for sports targets in smart cities in the context of Internet+. This method collects data and information on the targets in the sports process, fully considers the diversity of the sports process, and performs real-time tracking and detection of the upgraded sports targets. Finally, the experimental research shows that the method in this paper can track the target accurately and quickly in real time during the movement process, and the accuracy and real-time tracking are relatively better than other tracking methods, which can be used as a powerful tool for subsequent moving target tracking.

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“…Chagas and Gomes ( 2017 ) reported that initial studies on lottery tracking data relied on the same database ( Bwin ) and later ones were limited to a few databases and focused on very narrow time frames such as account opening or closing. More recently, additional gambling operators (e. g., ComeOn Group, Íslensk Getspá, Kindred, Leo Vegas, Norsk Tipping, Svenska Spel and win2day ) have made their databases available for researchers to study gambling behavior (Auer & Griffiths, 2013 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2020 Auer et al, 2018 , 2019a , 2019b , 2020 ; Fiedler, 2011 , 2013 ; Gainsbury et al, 2012 ; Gray et al, 2015 ; Ukhov et al, 2021 ). These studies cover different forms of gambling and only a few include lottery gambling (e.g., Auer & Griffiths, 2013 , 2014 , 2016 ; Auer et al, 2018 ; Gray et al, 2015 ) and none of these studies used a player/consumer segmentation method, such as the one we used in the present study, for the study of lottery gambling or even studied the population of a southern European country.…”

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Consumer Profile Segmentation in Online Lottery Gambling Utilizing Behavioral Tracking Data from the Portuguese National Lottery

2021

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The present study is the first to examine account-based tracking data of Portuguese online lottery players comprising the gambling activity of all active players over a one-year period (N = 154,585). The main research goal was the identification of groups or segments of players by their engagement levels (high, neutral, low) and to assess preferences in product category with the use of CHAID (Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection) segmentation models, based on expenditure and sociodemographic variables. Findings showed that (1) age was found to be the most influential differentiating variable in player segmentation and had a positive correlation with expenditures and wagers, (2) gender was the second most influential variable (males represented 78.7% of players), (3) education the third most influential variable and had a negative correlation with expenditure, and (4) region was the least relevant variable. The models generated several players segments that engaged in different games. Older males (54–64 years; ≥ 65 years) were the most engaged overall. Younger males (18–34 years) were the least engaged but showed preferences for lotto as did females (35–49 years). Lower educated males and older males (49 years+) with a high school education were the most engaged in instant lottery games. These findings show that Portuguese lottery players can be grouped into several segments with distinct demographic characteristics and corresponding engagement levels. These findings help support more effective marketing segmentation and will help in the targeting of responsible gambling approaches.

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Online Problem Gambling: A Comparison of Casino Players and Sports Bettors via Predictive Modeling Using Behavioral Tracking Data

Cited by 23 publications

References 25 publications

Transitioning Between Online Gambling Modalities and Decrease in Total Gambling Activity, but No Indication of Increase in Problematic Online Gambling Intensity During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Sweden: A Time Series Forecast Study

Transitioning Between Online Gambling Modalities and Decrease in Total Gambling Activity, but No Indication of Increase in Problematic Online Gambling Intensity During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Sweden: A Time Series Forecast Study

Real-Time Tracking Method for Sports Targets in Smart Cities under the Internet+ Background

Consumer Profile Segmentation in Online Lottery Gambling Utilizing Behavioral Tracking Data from the Portuguese National Lottery

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