Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau, SAR, China.
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
J Gambl Stud. 2021 Jun;37(2):351-367. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09934-5.
Two hypotheses have been advanced to explain gambling prevalence and addiction among various populations-the exposure hypothesis and the adaptation hypothesis. This study tests these hypotheses in the context of casino employees in Macau. In the etiology of gambling, casino employees have been considered a unique segment of the population. Employees working in casinos are probably more exposed to gambling stimuli than any other group. The findings suggest that indicators of heavy involvement in casino gambling among casino employees were no higher than among other residents of Macau. In terms of gambling frequency, casino employees actually gambled less often than the general adult population in Macau. These results are in contrast to results from studies of gaming venue employees in Australia and Canada. The differing findings are probably attributable to particularities of Macau discussed in the article.
两种假说被提出来解释不同人群中赌博的流行和成瘾现象——暴露假说和适应假说。本研究在澳门赌场员工的背景下对这两种假说进行了检验。在赌博的病因学中，赌场员工被认为是一个独特的群体。在赌场工作的员工可能比其他任何群体都更容易接触到赌博刺激。研究结果表明，赌场员工对赌场赌博的重度参与指标并不高于澳门其他居民。就赌博频率而言，赌场员工实际上比澳门的一般成年人口赌博的频率更低。这些结果与来自澳大利亚和加拿大博彩场所员工的研究结果形成对比。不同的发现可能归因于本文中讨论的澳门的特殊性。
