What do Residents Consider to be Gambling and What are Their Attitudes Towards it? Evidence from the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15310/19:73597048

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10899-018-9804-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10899-018-9804-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-9804-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10899-018-9804-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

What do Residents Consider to be Gambling and What are Their Attitudes Towards it? Evidence from the Czech Republic

Original language description

The aim of the article is to contribute to an understanding of the attitudes of post-communist Europe’s inhabitants towards gambling, and of their opinions concerning which activities can be regarded as gambling. The Attitudes Towards Gambling Scale (ATGS-8) questionnaire was used in the survey, ensuring the international comparability of the results. For the subsequent in-depth analysis of attitudes we mainly used multidimensional statistical methods. The survey, conducted in 2017, had 1092 respondents. The least negative attitudes to gambling were found in the younger age groups, while the attitudes of senior citizens were the most negative. Concerning participation in gambling, 68.4% of the respondents had taken part in at least one of the range of gambling activities offered as choices. Participation in gambling is an important factor influencing the overall attitude of the respondents to gambling. Of equal importance was the range of intensity in their perceptions of which games can be considered to be gambling, with four similarly perceived types of gambling identified. The research shows that gambling is perceived negatively by the population of the Czech Republic. The explanation may be found in the substantial media coverage of gambling related to changes in the legislation and the tightening of restrictions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30312 - Substance abuse

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES

ISSN

1050-5350

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1347-1360

UT code for WoS article

000494041700017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85068379016