“That’s No Country for ‘Young’ Men”: A Critical Perspective on Responsible Online Gambling Policies for Gambling Disorder Prevention in Spanish Minors

IF 1.3 Q4 SUBSTANCE ABUSE Journal of Gambling Issues Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI:10.4309/jgi.2022.49.7
M. Chóliz, Marta Marcos
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Recently, some governments and other stakeholders in countries where online gambling has been legalized have implemented responsible gambling policies. From the theoretical and empirical evidence in this study, we show that these responsible gambling policies are insufficient to prevent the emergence of pathological gambling disorder in society, especially among adolescents. Since online gambling was legalized in Spain in June 2012, online gambling companies have been required by law to implement responsible gambling policies. The implemented policies largely consist of informing customers of the dangers of gambling and how to minimize harm by engaging in behaviour that prevents addiction. However, online gambling addiction has increased exponentially; at present, it is the second most common form of pathological gambling in Spain and the most common form among young children and adolescents (Chóliz, 2016). In our study involving 6,053 underage adolescents, the results showed that more than half of them had gambled and that the prevalence rate of pathological gambling was triple that of the general population. Our main conclusions are that online gambling especially affects male minors, some of whom have developed gambling disorders since the legalization (and broad promotion) of online gambling in Spain. Responsible gambling policies implemented by the conservative government of Spain (2011–2018) and by gambling companies were insufficient to prevent such disorders from becoming an epidemic among Spanish adolescents.
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“这不是‘年轻’男人的国家”:对西班牙未成年人负责任的网络赌博政策预防赌博障碍的批判
最近,一些政府和其他利益相关者在一些国家,网上赌博已经合法化实施负责任的赌博政策。从本研究的理论和实证证据来看,我们表明这些负责任的赌博政策不足以防止病态赌博障碍在社会中的出现,特别是在青少年中。自从2012年6月网络赌博在西班牙合法化以来,网络赌博公司就被法律要求执行负责任的赌博政策。实施的政策主要包括告知客户赌博的危险,以及如何通过参与防止上瘾的行为来尽量减少伤害。然而,在线赌博成瘾呈指数级增长;目前,它是西班牙第二常见的病态赌博形式,也是幼儿和青少年中最常见的形式(Chóliz, 2016)。在我们对6053名未成年青少年的研究中,结果显示超过一半的青少年有赌博行为,病态赌博的患病率是一般人群的三倍。我们的主要结论是,在线赌博尤其影响男性未成年人,其中一些人自西班牙在线赌博合法化(和广泛推广)以来已经发展出赌博障碍。西班牙保守派政府(2011-2018年)和赌博公司实施的负责任的赌博政策不足以防止这种疾病在西班牙青少年中流行。
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