Gainsbury Sally M, Russell Alex, Hing Nerilee, Wood Robert, Lubman Dan, Blaszczynski Alex
Centre for Gambling Education and Research, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia,
J Gambl Stud. 2015 Mar;31(1):1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10899-013-9404-7.
Interactive gambling as a regulated activity, coupled with easy accessibility to offshore providers represents a new mode and format of gambling superimposed on traditional land-based opportunities. This paper aimed to investigate the prevalence of gambling among Australian adults and the relationship between various gambling activities and interactive modes of access. A second aim was to compare interactive and non-interactive gamblers in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes and beliefs about gambling and gambling participation. In a nationally representative telephone survey, 15,006 Australian adults completed measures assessing past 12-month gambling participation and a sub-sample completed questions about interactive gambling and beliefs. The majority of participants (64.3 %) reported gambling at least once, with 8.1 % having gambled online. Interactive gamblers gambled on a greater number of activities overall and more frequently. Interactive gamblers were more likely to be male, younger, have home Internet access, participate in more forms of gambling and have higher gambling expenditure. Almost half of the interactive gamblers preferred land-based gambling although a small proportion also noted a number of disadvantages of interactive gambling. This study shows that the nature of gambling participation is shifting with interactive gambling having a significant and growing impact on overall gambling involvement.
作为一种受监管的活动，互动式赌博，再加上离岸赌博供应商触手可及，代表了一种叠加于传统陆上赌博机会之上的新的赌博模式和形式。本文旨在调查澳大利亚成年人中赌博的流行程度以及各种赌博活动与互动式赌博方式之间的关系。第二个目的是在社会人口特征、对赌博的态度和信念以及赌博参与方面比较互动式赌博者和非互动式赌博者。在一项具有全国代表性的电话调查中，15006名澳大利亚成年人完成了评估过去12个月赌博参与情况的测量，一个子样本完成了关于互动式赌博和信念的问题。大多数参与者（64.3%）报告至少赌博过一次，其中8.1%进行过在线赌博。互动式赌博者总体上参与的赌博活动更多，频率也更高。互动式赌博者更有可能是男性、更年轻、家中有互联网接入、参与更多形式的赌博且赌博支出更高。几乎一半的互动式赌博者更喜欢陆上赌博，尽管一小部分人也指出了互动式赌博的一些缺点。这项研究表明，赌博参与的性质正在发生变化，互动式赌博对总体赌博参与产生了重大且不断增长的影响。
