Lee Choong-Ki, Bernhard Bo Jason, Kim Jungsun, Fong Timothy, Lee Tae Kyung
College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, 1, Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, South Korea.
Departments of Hotel Management and Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455033, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-5033, USA.
J Gambl Stud. 2015 Dec;31(4):1833-47. doi: 10.1007/s10899-014-9513-y.
This study investigated three different types of gamblers (recreational, problem, and pathological gamblers) to determine differences in gambling motivations and recreational activity preferences among casino gamblers. We collected data from 600 gamblers recruited in an actual gambling environment inside a major casino in South Korea. Findings indicate that motivational factors of escape, sightseeing, and winning were significantly different among these three types of gamblers. When looking at motivations to visit the casino, pathological gamblers were more likely to be motivated by winning, whereas recreational gamblers were more likely to be motivated by scenery and culture in the surrounding casino area. Meanwhile, the problem gamblers fell between these two groups, indicating higher preferences for non-gambling activities than the pathological gamblers. As this study builds upon a foundational previous study by Lee et al. (Psychiatry Investig 6(3):141-149, 2009), the results of this new study were compared with those of the previous study to see if new developments within a resort-style casino contribute to changes in motivations and recreational activity preferences.
本研究调查了三种不同类型的赌徒（娱乐性赌徒、问题赌徒和病态赌徒），以确定赌场赌徒在赌博动机和娱乐活动偏好方面的差异。我们从韩国一家大型赌场实际赌博环境中招募的600名赌徒那里收集了数据。研究结果表明，逃避、观光和赢钱等动机因素在这三种类型的赌徒中存在显著差异。在考察前往赌场的动机时，病态赌徒更有可能受到赢钱的激励，而娱乐性赌徒更有可能受到赌场周边地区的风景和文化的激励。与此同时，问题赌徒介于这两组之间，表明他们对非赌博活动的偏好高于病态赌徒。由于本研究建立在Lee等人之前的一项基础研究之上（《精神病学调查》6(3):141 - 149, 2009），因此将这项新研究的结果与之前的研究结果进行了比较，以查看度假式赌场中的新发展是否会导致动机和娱乐活动偏好的变化。
