Online Gambling fears Unsupported by Harvard Study
- Harvard Study does not support fears about Online Gambling
had this story recently, a comprehensive study of online gambling behaviors.
Harvard Medical School’s Division of Addictions characterizes a majority of online gamblers’ behavior as “moderate,” concluding that its findings do not support previously-made claims that online gambling has “an inherent propensity” to cause problem or “excessive” gambling.
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the study responds to the current paucity of information regarding online gambling and to the fact that “concerns about Internet gambling are growing across various interest groups.” For similar reasons, Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) proposed a House bill (H.R. 2140) early last month to provide for a study of online gambling by the National Academy of Sciences source
The study included:
- Data from 40,000 individuals over an 8 month period in 2005
- Time spent gambling
- Frequency of placing bets
- Amount bet
Researchers concluded that:
“the subscribers’ gambling activity levels were moderate,” and that the “findings reported here do not support the speculation that Internet gambling has an inherent propensity to encourage excessive gambling among a large proportion of players.” source
The author concludes the story by reporting that future studies will likely include the online Poker Industry.
- Your ‘Dead Money’ blogger Michael
hopes any future study doesn’t include his online money won, tournament wins or in the money finishes, because he is pretty certain the study will return ‘no data found’.
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August 11th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I wonder if the moderation has anything to do with location of the players. I would think it would be easier to fold for the day when a person don’t have peer pressure to deal with at the tables.