The addictive potential of lottery gambling

Journal of gambling issues

Ulrike Albrecht¹  Chantal Patricia Mörsen¹  Sabine M. Grüsser¹  Babett Plöntzke¹ 

关键词: German numbers pool lottery;   

DOI  :  10.4309/jgi.2007.19.5

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (C A M H)

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Objective: Lottery gambling has enjoyed great popularity around the world for many years and is generally seen as a socially acceptable form of gambling. Apart from aspects such as effects on charities, pathological lottery gambling and its addictive nature have often been discussed recently but rarely investigated. Methods: In the present study lottery gambling was investigated with respect to criteria of pathological gambling and addiction using a standardized questionnaire on gambling behavior that also assesses diagnostic criteria of addiction according to the DSM-IV. Sample: 171 active lottery gambling subjects (40 females, 131 males) participated in the present study. Results: 15.2% of the subjects fulfilled the criteria of pathological lottery gambling. Pathological lottery gamblers differed significantly from nonpathological lottery gamblers concerning the diagnostic criteria for addiction. Conclusion: An extension of the diagnosis “pathological gambling” to “behavioral addiction” seems t...

【 授权许可】

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