Table 2.
Gambling behavior in users who did and did not exceed deposit limits
| Fixed-odds (n = 46267) | Live-action (n = 32277) | ||||||
| Gambling behavior measure |
Users who did exceed limits (n = 159) |
Users who did not exceed limits (n = 46108) |
Difference test |
Users who did exceed limits (n = 149) |
Users who did not exceed limits (n = 32128) |
Difference test |
|
| Percentage of active betting days |
Mean (SD) | 21 (20) | 25 (29) | 26 (28) | 31 (37) | ||
| Median | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | |||
| Log Mean (SD) | -- | -- | t = -1.90 | -- | -- | t = -1.71 | |
| Average number of bets per active betting day |
Mean (SD) | 7 (13) | 4 (7) | 8 (14) | 4 (5) | ||
| Median | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Log Mean (SD) | 0.60 (0.40) | 0.44 (0.32) | t = 6.12* | 0.68 (0.42) | 0.46 (0.34) | t = 7.98* | |
| Average size of bet in Euro |
Mean (SD) | 25 (55) | 11 (30) | 27 (41) | 11 (25) | ||
| Median | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Log Mean (SD) | 0.96 (0.60) | 0.67 (0.51) | t = 7.14* | 1.07 (0.58) | 0.65 (0.53) | t = 9.59* | |
| Categorized percentage of losses | |||||||
| Overall winners | n (%) | 26 (16.4) | 6755 (14.7) | 25 (16.8) | 6924 (21.6) | ||
| Lowest percentage of losses | n (%) | 59 (37.1) | 12367 (28.8) | 73 (49.0) | 10548 (32.8) | ||
| Intermediate percentage of losses | n (%) | 56 (35.2) | 19338 (41.9) | 40 (26.8) | 9533 (29.7) | ||
| Highest percentage of losses | n (%) | 18 (11.3) | 7648 (16.6) | Chi2 = 10.91* | 11 (7.4) | 5123 (15.9) | Chi2 = 20.58* |
* p < .05.