Determinants of Internet Poker Adoption

In nearly all jurisdictions, adoption of a new form of gambling has been a controversial and contentious subject. Online gambling has been no different, though there are many aspects that affect online gambling that do not appear in the brick and mortar environment. This study seeks to identify whet...

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Published inJournal of gambling studies Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 609 - 623
Main Authors Philander, Kahlil S., Abarbanel, B. Lillian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.09.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Card games
Casinos
Community and Environmental Psychology
Economics
Gambling - epidemiology
Gambling - psychology
Gambling industry
Humans
Informal economy
Internet
Legalized gambling
Legislation
Lotteries
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Models, Psychological
Models, Statistical
Motivation
Online gambling
Original Paper
Poker
Political economy
Politics
Polls & surveys
Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Regulation
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Risk-Taking
Sociology
Studies
Technology adoption
Online poker
Internet gambling
Gambling policy
Gaming determinants
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Summary:In nearly all jurisdictions, adoption of a new form of gambling has been a controversial and contentious subject. Online gambling has been no different, though there are many aspects that affect online gambling that do not appear in the brick and mortar environment. This study seeks to identify whether demographic, economic, political, technological, and/or sociological determinants contribute to online poker gambling adoption. A theoretical discussion of these categories’ importance to online poker is provided and exploratory empirical analysis is used to examine their potential validity. The analysis revealed support for all of the proposed categories of variables thought to be predictive of online gambling legality.
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ISSN:1573-3602
1573-3602
DOI:10.1007/s10899-013-9382-9