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Table 4 Gambling behavior before and after exceeding deposit limits

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

  

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

  1. * p < .05.