Govoni Richard, Frisch G. Ron, Rupcich Nicholas, Getty Heather
University of Windsor.
J Gambl Stud. 1998 Winter;14(4):347-358. doi: 10.1023/a:1023021009398.
Gambling has become both a major pastime for Canadians and a multibillion dollar industry providing provincial governments with an increasing proportion of their annual revenues. The continuing trend toward the legalization of gambling has made research on the public health impacts of gambling increasingly important to citizens and decision-makers. This article presents first year results of a multi-year project to measure the impact of the opening of Casino Windsor on gambling behaviour in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. A random telephone survey of gambling behaviour was conducted with 2,682 adult residents of metropolitan Windsor prior to the opening of Casino Windsor, and was repeated with 2,581 residents one year later. There were no statistically significant changes in the rates of problem and pathological gambling among men, women, or the general population one year following the opening of the casino. Although there was some evidence of higher-spending gamblers within the post-casino sample, no statistically significant differences were found between pre- and post-casino per capita gambling expenditures. Implications of these results for the future measurement and treatment of problem and pathological gambling are discussed.
赌博已成为加拿大人的一项主要消遣活动，同时也是一个价值数十亿美元的产业，为省政府贡献的年度收入比例日益增加。赌博合法化的持续趋势使得对赌博对公众健康影响的研究对公民和决策者愈发重要。本文呈现了一个多年项目的第一年成果，该项目旨在衡量加拿大安大略省温莎市温莎赌场开业对赌博行为的影响。在温莎赌场开业前，对大温莎地区2682名成年居民进行了关于赌博行为的随机电话调查，并在一年后对2581名居民再次进行了调查。赌场开业一年后，男性、女性或普通人群中问题赌博和病态赌博的发生率没有统计学上的显著变化。尽管在赌场开业后的样本中有一些高消费赌徒的证据，但赌场开业前后的人均赌博支出没有发现统计学上的显著差异。本文还讨论了这些结果对未来问题赌博和病态赌博的测量与治疗的影响。
