The Internet of problem gambling: A mixed-methods study of the role of Internet-enabled risk factors among Finnish adults

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New Media & Society Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI:10.1177/14614448251333739

Eerik Soares Mantere, Iina Savolainen, Ilkka Vuorinen, Heli Hagfors, Jussi Palomäki, Atte Oksanen

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Abstract

This mixed-methods study examined various ways Internet-enabled factors may contribute to problem gambling. A four-wave longitudinal survey was collected at 6-month intervals from Finnish adults ( N = 1530). Fixed-effects regression analyses were based on all available data across the four waves ( n = 4827 observations). Semi-structured interviews ( N = 18) included recovering problem gamblers. Quantitative analyses showed different forms of online gambling, participation in gambling communities online, and instant loans associated with increased problem gambling. Qualitative analyses revealed that gamblers were drawn to gambling sites through an online ecosystem including complex social and monetary incentive structures and sought instant loans through dedicated websites to continue gambling. Together, the results show that gamblers’ problems have deepened and become more multifaceted due to online environments. The online realm enables gambling through ubiquitous opportunity, targeted marketing, social influence, and access to gambling credit, although it also offers information and peer support groups to help gamblers abstain.

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互联网问题赌博：芬兰成年人中互联网风险因素作用的混合方法研究

这项混合方法的研究考察了互联网因素可能导致问题赌博的各种方式。每隔6个月对芬兰成年人（N = 1530）进行四波纵向调查。固定效应回归分析基于四个波的所有可用数据（n = 4827个观察值）。半结构化访谈（N = 18）包括恢复问题赌徒。定量分析显示，不同形式的在线赌博、参与在线赌博社区和即时贷款与问题赌博的增加有关。定性分析显示，赌徒是通过包括复杂的社会和金钱激励结构在内的在线生态系统被吸引到赌博网站的，他们通过专门的网站寻求即时贷款，以继续赌博。总之，结果表明，由于网络环境，赌徒的问题已经加深，变得更加多方面。在线领域通过无处不在的机会、有针对性的营销、社会影响和获得赌博信贷使赌博成为可能，尽管它也提供信息和同伴支持小组来帮助赌徒戒除赌博。

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New Media & Society COMMUNICATION-

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12.70

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8.00%

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274

期刊介绍： New Media & Society engages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research. The journal includes contributions on: -the individual and the social, the cultural and the political dimensions of new media -the global and local dimensions of the relationship between media and social change -contemporary as well as historical developments -the implications and impacts of, as well as the determinants and obstacles to, media change the relationship between theory, policy and practice.