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Table 3 Attitudes towards EGMs by the frequency of attendance at venues

From: Attitudes towards community gambling venues and support for regulatory reform: an online panel study of residents in New South Wales, Australia

 

Venue attendance

Sig

Did not attend 105 (21.0%)

Attended infrequently 214 (42.8%)

Attended frequently 181 (36.2%)

Total 500 (100.0%)

χ 2

p value

It would be better if clubs and hotels were not so reliant on money from EGMs

Strongly agree

47 (44.8%)

89 (41.6%)

59 (32.6%)

195 (39.0%)

15.81

.015*

Agree

49 (46.7%)

115 (53.7%)

95 (52.5%)

259 (51.8%)

Disagree

8 (7.6%)

10 (4.7%)

25 (13.8%)

43 (8.6%)

Strongly disagree

1 (1.0%)

0

2 (1.1%)

3 (0.6%)

I would prefer to attend a club or hotel that did not have EGMs

Strongly agree

39 (37.1%)

54 (25.2%)

34 (18.8%)

127 (25.4%)

24.87

< .001*

Agree

43 (41.0%)

99 (46.3%)

68 (37.6%)

210 (42.0%)

Disagree

17 (16.2%)

54 (25.2%)

70 (38.7%)

141 (28.2%)

Strongly disagree

6 (5.7%)

7 (3.3%)

9 (5.0%)

22 (4.4%)

  1. *Indicates values significant at the 95% level