Table 1.

Relationship between sports betting behaviours and PGSI scores

Sports betting behaviours	Spearman’s rho	p
Channel
% of bets placed via the internet	−0.07	0.076
% of bets placed via the telephone	0.35	<0.001
% of bets placed at a land-based venue	0.03	0.523
Timing
% of bets placed before the day of the match	−0.06	0.120
% of bets placed on the day of the match	0.01	0.777
% of bets placed within the hour immediately before the match starts	0.25	<0.001
% of bets placed during the match	0.36	<0.001
Planning
% of bets that are researched and planned in advance of the match	−0.25	<0.001
% of bets that are placed on impulse before the start of the match	0.18	<0.001
% of bets that are placed on impulse during the match	0.37	<0.001
Type
% of bets placed on the final outcome of the match (placed before the match)	−0.33	<0.001
% of bets placed on key events within the match (exotic bets), e.g., who will score the first goal (placed before the match)	0.33	<0.001
% of bets placed on the final outcome of the match (placed during the match)	−0.41	<0.001
% of bets placed on key events within the match (exotic bets), e.g., who will score the first goal (placed during the match)	0.31	<0.001
% of bets placed on micro events within the match (exotic bets), e.g., the outcome of the next ball in cricket or point in tennis (placed during the match)	0.47	<0.001

The percentages for the items within each type of behaviour (channel, timing, planning and type) must sum to 100 %. Note that the items asked about the type of bets placed during the match were only asked of those who reported that they had placed bets during a match (N = 136)