Table 4

Gambling behavior before and after exceeding deposit limits


Fixed-odds (n = 143)
Live-action (n = 105)




Gambling behavior
measure
Before
 After
 Difference
test
 Before
 After
 Difference
test
Percentage of active
betting days
 Mean (SD)
 23 (22)
 26 (26)
27 (23)
 26 (25)

Median
 14
 17
20
 19

Log Mean (SD)
 --
 --
 t = -1.37
 --
 --
 t = 0.11
Average number of
bets per active
betting day
 Mean (SD)
 6 (12)
 7 (15)
11 (18)
 9 (17)

Median
 3
 3
6
 5

Log Mean (SD)
 0.59 (0.38)
 0.49 (0.43)
 t = 4.10*
 0.78 (0.42)
 0.71 (0.44)
 t = 2.47*
Average size of bet
in Euro
 Mean (SD)
 21 (48)
 44 (107)
25 (43)
 32 (45)

Median
 7
 9
11
 17

Log Mean (SD)
 0.90 (0.57)
 1.04 (0.70)
 t = -3.63*
 1.03 (0.57)
 1.17 (0.59)
 t = -4.27*
Categorized
percentage of losses






     Overall winners
 n (%)
 30 (21.0)
 20 (14.0)
17 (16.2)
 21 (20.0)
     Lowest
     percentage of
      losses
 n (%)
 41 (28.7)
 40 (28.0)
59 (56.2)
 43 (410)
     Intermediate
      percentage of losses
 n (%)
 56 (39.2)
 47 (32.9)
24 (22.9)
 31 (29.5)
     Highest
      percentage of losses
 n (%)
 16 (11.2)
 36 (25.2)
 Chi2 = 15.30
 5 (4.8)
 10 (9.5)
 Chi2 = 9.38

* p < .05.

Broda et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:27   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-27

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