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Table 3 Proportions of most involved bettors (MIB)1 among users who did and did not exceed deposit limits

From: Virtual harm reduction efforts for Internet gambling: effects of deposit limits on actual Internet sports gambling behavior

 

Fixed-odds (n = 46267)

 

Live-action (n = 32277)

 

MIB group

Users who did

exceed limits

(n = 159)

Users who

did not

exceed limits

(n = 46108)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

Users who

did exceed

limits

(n = 149)

Users who

did not

exceed limits

(n = 32128)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

Total number of bets

6.3%

1.0%

6.78 (3.55 – 12.95)

6.0%

1.0%

6.53 (3.30 – 12.94)

Total amount of wagers

8.8%

1.0%

9.84 (5.64 – 17.17)

11.4%

0.9%

13.44 (8.01 – 22.55)

Net loss

9.4%

1.0%

10.64 (6.20 – 18.26)

12.1%

0.9%

14.38 (8.68 – 23.85)

  1. 1MIB are defined as the top 1% of the sample regarding the total number of bets, total amount of wagers, and net loss on fixed-odds or live-action betting.