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- Title
A Prospective Study of the Impact of Opening a Casino on Gambling Behaviours: 2- and 4-Year Follow-Ups.
- Authors
Jacques, Christian; Ladouceur, Robert
- Abstract
Objective: It is widely believed that the rate of pathological gambling is related to the accessibility and availability of gambling activities. Few empirical studies have yet been conducted to evaluate this hypothesis. Using a longitudinal prospective design, the current study evaluates the impact of a casino in Canada's Hull, Quebec region. Method: A random sample of respondents from Hull (experimental group) and from Quebec City (comparison group) completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) and gambling-related questions before the opening of the Hull Casino (pretest), 1 year after the opening (posttest), and on follow-up at Years 2 and 4. Results: Although, 1 year after the opening of the casino, we did observe an increase in playing casino games and in the maximum amount of money lost in 1 day's gambling, this trend was not maintained over time (2- and 4-year follow-ups). In the Hull cohort, the rate of at-risk and probable pathological gamblers and the number of criteria on the SOGS did not increase at the 2- and 4-year follow-ups. The residents' reluctance to open a local casino was generally stable over time following the casino's opening. Conclusion: The discussion raises different explanatory factors and focuses on the context of the Regional Exposure Model as a potentially more applicable measure of studying the expansion of gambling.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); COMPULSIVE gambling; CASINOS; LONGITUDINAL method; ANALYSIS of variance; STANDARD deviations; MATHEMATICAL statistics; GAMBLING; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2006, Vol 51, Issue 12, p764
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/070674370605101206