Table 5.
Gambling participation (%) prior to incarceration and during incarceration and problems with specific games prior to incarceration (%)
| Game type | Game participation | Problems with specific games prior to incarceration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to incarceration | During incarceration | |||
| N = 417 | n = 413 | Male n = 75 | Female n = 11 | |
| Lottery | 45.4 | 1.5 | 12.0 | 9.1 |
| Scratch tickets | 37.9 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 27.3 |
| Pull tabs | 11.4 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 18.2 |
| Private card games | 21.5 | 27.7 | 31.5 | 9.1 |
| Cards (Casino) | 14.5 | 1.2 | 24.3 | 9.1 |
| Other table Games (Casino) | 7.0 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 9.1 |
| Video poker (Casino) | 17.5 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Slots/video slots (Casino) | 3.4 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 45.5** |
| Stocks/futures | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Track/OTB | 5.5 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 9.1 |
| Sports lotteries | 12.0 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| BINGO | 15.0 | 1.7 | 9.5 | 9.1 |
| Real estate | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| Sports betting | 8.8 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| Internet gambling | 3.8 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 18.2 |
| Games of skill | 11.6 | 4.0 | 12.2 | 10.0 |
| Other | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Any game | 71.7 | 34.0 | 54.7 | 63.6 |
Column 4 and 5 indicate the percentage of moderate and severe problem gamblers who reported having a problem with each specific type of game prior to incarceration. The asterisks indicate significant sex differences
** p < .01