Table 3.

Logistic regression of characteristics differentiating problem from non-problem gamblers

	Regression coefficients	Wald statistic	p	Odds ratio	Odds ratio 95% CI
EGM participation	2.72	137.33	0.000	15.14	9.61–23.85
Race/ethnicity groups		26.94	0.001
White	− 1.02	2.54	0.111	0.36	0.10–1.27
Black	1.016	1.88	0.171	2.88	0.63–13.10
South Asian	− 0.69	0.51	0.474	0.50	0.08–3.31
Chinese	− 0.68	0.50	0.479	0.51	0.08–3.32
Indigenous	− 0.46	0.44	0.506	0.63	0.16–2.45
Arab	0.27	0.05	0.822	1.32	0.12–14.27
South-East Asian	0.13	0.02	0.880	1.14	0.21–6.34
Latin American	− 15.96	0.00	0.995	0.00
Other	− 0.86	0.79	0.374	0.42	0.06–2.81
Current mood disorder	1.12	24.19	0.000	0.33	0.21–0.51
Gender (male = 1; female = 2)	− 0.98	23.11	0.000	0.38	0.25–0.56
Casino table game participation	0.86	15.81	0.000	2.37	1.55–3.61
Age	0.02	11.15	0.001	1.02	1.01–1.03
Level of cigarette smoking	− 0.33	8.57	0.003	0.73	0.60–0.90
Speculative financial participation	0.77	6.25	0.012	2.15	1.18–3.92
Instant lottery participation	0.51	5.94	0.015	1.66	1.11–2.50
Household income	− 0.11	4.36	0.037	0.90	0.82–0.99
Lottery or raffle participation	0.53	4.27	0.039	1.70	1.13–2.81
Constant	− 2.72	9.60	0.002	0.07