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Table 2.

Responses to the question “What attracts you most about offline/online gambling?”

		Offline gambler’s characterization				Online gambler’s characterization				Comparison: PGOF/PGON
		Recreational	At-risk abusive	Pathologic	Sig.	Recreational	At-risk abusive	Pathologic	Sig.	Offline	Online	(U)^a	Sig.
Anonymity	Mean	2.98	3.13	2.45	0.001*	2.61	2.71	3.08	0.004*	2.45	3.08	9236.5	0.001*
Privacy	SD	1.68	1.52	1.40		1.45	1.49	1.51		1.40	1.51
Convenience	Mean	2.69	3.22	3.19	0.001*	3.68	3.79	4.14	0.001*	3.19	4.14	7450	0.001*
Convenience	SD	1.40	1.35	1.32		1.31	1.25	1.09		1.32	1.09
Access (fast and easy)	Mean	1.69	1.91	2.32	0.001*	3.88	4.04	4.37	0.001*	2.32	4.37	3218	0.001*
Access (fast and easy)	SD	1.12	1.23	1.37		1.21	1.10	0.87		1.37	0.87
Availability (24 h/day)	Mean	2.12	2.36	1.35	0.001*	3.76	4.05	4.37	0.001*	2.74	4.37	4411.5	0.001*
Availability (24 h/day)	SD	1.31	1.35	1.38		1.31	1.6	0.98		1.38	0.98
Diversity of games	Mean	2.48	2.77	3.01	0.005*	3.58	3.45	3.47	0.470	3.01	3.47	10,265.5	0.004*
Diversity of games	SD	1.41	1.46	1.44		1.36	1.39	1.37		1.44	1.37
Diversity of sites/places	Mean	2.13	2.34	2.35	0.163	2.92	3.00	3.05	0.648	2.35	3.05	8823	0.001*
Sites	SD	1.30	1.31	1.32		1.43	1.43	1.37		1.32	1.37
Connection to others	Mean	2.23	2.45	2.41	0.201	2.67	2.77	2.63	0.436	2.41	2.63	11,174	0.221
Connection to others	SD	1.40	1.44	1.31		1.41	1.43	1.45		1.31	1.45
Easy to end	Mean	2.50	2.63	2.51	0.502	3.05	3.19	3.13	0.421	2.51	3.13	8585.5	0.001*
Easy to end	SD	1.50	1.40	1.33		1.44	1.39	1.41		1.33	1.41
To win money	Mean	2.05	2.82	4.07	0.001*	1.90	2.63	3.67	0.001*	4.07	3.67	11,193.5	0.007*
To win money	SD	1.43	1.53	1.16		1.31	1.49	1.37		1.16	1.37
Fun	Mean	3.72	4.02	3.80	.058**	4.38	4.34	4.10	0.001*	3.80	4.10	11,224.5	0.037*
Fun	SD	1.47	1.20	1.20		0.97	0.98	0.97		1.20	0.97
Prevention and protection	Mean	2.24	2.39	2.42	.269	2.93	2.91	3.00	0.804	2.42	3.00	8952	0.001*
Prevention and protection	SD	1.47	1.42	1.34		1.47	1.42	1.37		1.34	1.37

*p ≤ 0.0

^aMann-Whitney