Gamblers tell their stories: Life patterns of gambling

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Table 2: Gambling behaviour (according to PGSI) and forms of gambling EGMs (local venues and casino) Problem Gamblers 29 Ex- Problem Gamblers Moderate risk Gamblers Low risk Gamblers Total 22 2 6 3 33 Horses/dogs 13 1 6 8 28 Sports betting 9 1 1 3 14 Cards 2 3 2 7 Lotto/scratch cards 12 1 5 5 23 Casino tables 1 0 3 4 Bingo 2 1 3 Pool 2 1 1 4 Internet gambling 3 1 0 0 4 Sixteen out of the 19 women interviewed gambled predominantly on EGMs. One woman gambled on EGMs only, another woman (ex-gambler) had gambled on internet cards only, and one woman gambled on horses only. Apart from EGMs, the other women mostly gambled on lotteries. Only five women in total gambled on horses, and no women gambled on sports betting. The participants who played bingo were female and those who played pool and cards were males only. One woman played Casino tables. The ethnic backgrounds as self-defined by the participants are shown in table 3.
Table 3: Ethnic Backgrounds Australian 28 Northern European Southern European 10 8 Afghan 1 Aboriginal 1 Total 48 Thirty-two out of 48 participants were either single or divorced/separated, and two were widowed. Only 14 were partnered or married. Twenty participants (16 men, 4 women) did not have any children. The majority of the interviewees lived on low-incomes with 31 out of 48 people earning less than $25 000 per year and three others earned between $25 000 and $40 000 per year. Main sources of income are shown in Table 4. 30
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Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Executive Summary
Page 7 and 8: 5.3. Gambling as a Skill and Challe
Page 9 and 10: Appendix One: Poster for Recruiting
Page 11 and 12: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Existing Research
Page 13 and 14: moderate risk. In contrast, those w
Page 15 and 16: Study Limitations There were a few
Page 17 and 18: To gain a complete picture, it is i
Page 19 and 20: (Blaszczynski & Nower, 2002). Discu
Page 21 and 22: in the US, drawing on questionnaire
Page 23 and 24: socially isolated and both physical
Page 25 and 26: alcohol/drug dependence and even bi
Page 27 and 28: a major preoccupation once the chas
Page 29 and 30: Research on gambling motivations ha
Page 31 and 32: fast, high stake betting but have f
Page 33 and 34: discussed next, non-problem gambler
Page 35 and 36: Conclusion Largely quantitative res
Page 37 and 38: 3. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In t
Page 39 and 40: subsidiary open questions to elicit
Page 41 and 42: advertising material to display in
Page 43: 3.2. Completed Interviews Out of th
Page 47 and 48: 3.3. Analysis and Presentation of Q
Page 49 and 50: 4. Early Family Influences and Expe
Page 51 and 52: 4.1.1. Lack of encouragement and ne
Page 53 and 54: on PGSI), no children, FT student,
Page 55 and 56: as children, or neglect, is difficu
Page 57 and 58: early family. Three more participan
Page 59 and 60: as a fun day that brought a sense o
Page 61 and 62: a western suburb, who gambled on ca
Page 63 and 64: As Murray expressed, while he was g
Page 65 and 66: 5. Gambling Motivations This chapte
Page 67 and 68: For example, Webster, 64, married,
Page 69 and 70: always worked, I’ve always been a
Page 71 and 72: horse winning and it comes crashing
Page 73 and 74: 5.3. Gambling as a skill and challe
Page 75 and 76: 5.4. Gambling as social event For s
Page 77 and 78: 5.4.2. Gambling to socialise For se
Page 79 and 80: I struggle with sort of getting inv
Page 81 and 82: For Melanie, it is important to kno
Page 83 and 84: Sally liked challenging gender role
Page 85 and 86: Footy training’s finished, straig
Page 87 and 88: Leila got angry when her husband tr
Page 89 and 90: others, found socially inappropriat
Page 91 and 92: participants including problem, ex-
Page 93 and 94: were connected to depression and th
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esteem had led to physical health p
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couldn’t refinance it, I’d only
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. . . Days where I would just go in
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Madeline only placed small bets bec
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individual and on personal relation
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child but she only placed a bet dir
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problem with EGMs. She was younger
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R: I just get down on the dumps bec
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took drugs. He took time off work t
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time she hurt her arms and shoulder
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initiated her self-exclusion. This
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to go to the races and bet on horse
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other participants discussed trigge
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Nadia had also been able to decreas
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Conclusion This chapter has discuss
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to examination of the impact of a l
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entertainment. Fifth, for only a fe
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excluding themselves from gaming ve
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References Abbott, M., Palmisano, B
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Cooper, M. L., Russell, M., Skinner
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Getty, H. A., Watson, J., & Frisch,
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Ladouceur, R., Arsenault, C., Dubé
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Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Pel
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Taber, J. L., McCormick, R.A. & Ram
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APPENDIX 1: POSTER FOR RECRUITING P
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Subject to approval by the funding
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Consent Form LIFE PATTERNS OF GAMBL
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Here are a few questions about your
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