Practice Makes Poorer: Practice Gambling Modes and Their Effects on Real-Play in Simulated Roulette

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-395

  Bednarz, Jana ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a   King, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Online gambling; Persistence; Practice modes; Risk taking; Roulette

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878285763     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9422-1     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Benassi, V. A., Sweeney, P. D., & Drevno, G. E. (1979). Mind over matter: perceived success at psychokinesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 1377-1386.
2. Blaszczynski, A., Sharpe, L., Walker, L. (2001). The assessment of the impact of the reconfiguration on electronic gaming machines as harm minimisation strategies for problem gambling. Sydney: University of Sydney: Gambling Research Unit.
3. Bouts, P., & van Avermaet, E. (1992). Drawing familiar or unfamiliar cards: stimulus familiarity, chance orientation, and the illusion of control. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 331-335.
4. Bradshaw, C., Szabadi, E., & Bevan, P. (1976). Behavior of humans in variable-interval schedules of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 26, 135-141.
5. Burger, J. M., & Schnerring, D. A. (1982). The effects of desire for control and extrinsic rewards on the illusion of control and gambling. Motivation and Emotion, 6, 329-335.
6. Delfabbro, P., Falzon, K., & Ingram, T. (2005). The effects of parameter variations in electronic gambling simulations: results of a laboratory-based pilot study. Gambling Research, 17, 7-25.
7. Ferris, J., & Wynne, H. (2001). The Canadian problem gambling index: User's manual. Toronto: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
8. Flora, S. R., & Pavlik, W. B. (1990). Conventional and reversed partial reinforcement effects in human operant responding. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 28, 429-432.
9. Gainsbury, S. (2011). Exploring the opportunities and impacts of internet gambling. International Gambling Studies, 11, 267-272.
10. Gilovich, T. (1983). Biased evaluation and persistence in gambling. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 1110-1126.
11. Griffiths, M. (1994). The role of cognitive bias and skill in fruit machine gambling. British Journal of Psychology, 85, 351-369.
12. Griffiths, M. (2003). Internet gambling: issues, concerns, and recommendations. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 6, 557-568.
13. Griffiths, M. (2005). Does gambling advertising contribute to problem gambling. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 3, 15-25.
14. Griffiths, M., & Barnes, A. (2008). Internet gambling: an online empirical study among student gamblers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 6, 194-204.
15. Griffiths, M., & Parke, J. (2010). Adolescent gambling on the internet: a review. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 22, 59-75.
16. Griffiths, M., & Wood, R. (2000). Risk factors in adolescence: the case of gambling, videogame playing, and the internet. Journal of Gambling Studies, 16, 199-225.
17. Griffiths, M., & Wood, R. (2007). Adolescent internet gambling: preliminary results of a national survey. Education and Health, 25, 23-27.
18. Griffiths, M., Wood, R., & Parke, J. (2009). Social responsibility tools in online gambling: a survey of attitudes and behavior among internet gamblers. [Article]. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 12, 413-421.
19. Ipsos MORI. (2009). British survey of children, the national lottery and gambling 2008-09: Report of a quantitative survey. London: National Lottery Commision.
20. Ipsos MORI, Forrest, D. K., McHale, I., Parke, J. (2009). British survey of young people and gambling 2008-2009. Report prepared for the National Lottery Commission, Great Britain.
21. Johansson, A., & Gotestam, K. G. (2004). Problems with computer games without monetary reward: similarity to pathological gambling. Psychological Reports, 95, 641-650.
22. Joukhador, J., Blaszczynski, A., & Maccallum, F. (2004). Superstitious beliefs in gambling among problem and non-problem gamblers: preliminary data. Journal of Gambling Studies, 20, 171-180.
23. King, D., Delfabbro, P., & Griffiths, M. (2010). The convergence of gambling and digital media: implications for gambling in young people. Journal of Gambling Studies, 26, 175-187.
24. King, D. L., Delfabbro, P. H., Derevensky, J. L., & Griffiths, M. D. (2012). A review of Australian classification practices for commercial video games featuring simulated gambling. International Gambling Studies. doi: 10. 1080/14459795. 2012. 661444.
25. Ladouceur, R., Mayrand, M., & Tourigny, Y. (1987). Risk-taking behavior in gamblers and non-gamblers during prolonged exposure. Journal of Gambling Studies, 3, 115-122.
26. Langer, E. J. (1975). The illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 311-328.
27. Martinez, F., Bonnefon, J.-F., & Hoskens, J. (2009). Active involvement, not illusory control, increases risk taking in a gambling game. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 1063-1071.
28. May, R. K., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Steenbergh, T. A. (2005). Gambling-related irrational beliefs in the maintenance and modification of gambling behaviour. International Gambling Studies, 5, 155-167.
29. McBride, J., & Derevensky, J. (2009). Internet gambling behavior in a sample of online gamblers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 7, 149-167.
30. Monaghan, S., Blaszczynski, A., & Nower, L. (2009). Consequences of winning: the role of gambling outcomes in the development of irrational belief. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37, 49-59.
31. Moody, E. J. (2001). Internet use and its relationship to loneliness. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 4, 393-401.
32. Oldman, D. (1974). Chance and skill: a study of roulette. Sociology, 8, 407.
33. Peller, A. J., LaPlante, D. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Parameters for safer gambling behavior: examining the empirical research. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24, 519-534.
34. Potenza, M. N., Wareham, J. D., Steinberg, M. A., Rugle, L., Cavallo, D. A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., & Desai, R. A. (2011). Correlates of at-risk/problem internet gambling in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50, 150-159.
35. Productivity Commission. (2010). Gambling. (50). Canberra: AusInfo.
36. Rothbaum, F., Weisz, J. R., & Snyder, S. S. (1982). Changing the world and changing the self: a two-process model of perceived control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 5-37.
37. Sevigny, S., Cloutier, M., Pelletier, M. F., & Ladouceur, R. (2005). Internet gambling: misleading payout rates during the demo period. Computers in Human Behavior, 21, 153-158.
38. Thompson, S. C., Armstrong, W., & Thomas, C. (1998). Illusions of control, underestimations, and accuracy: a control heuristic explanation. Psychological Bulletin, 123, 143-161.
39. Toneatto, T. (1999). Cognitive psychopathology of problem gambling. Substance Use & Misuse, 34, 1593-1604.
40. Toneatto, T., Blitz-Miller, T., Calderwood, K., Dragonetti, R., & Tsanos, A. (1997). Cognitive distortions in heavy gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 13, 253-266.
41. Tsitsika, A., Critselis, E., Janikian, M., Kormas, G., & Kafetzis, D. A. (2011). Association between internet gambling and problematic internet use among adolescents. Journal of Gambling Studies, 27, 389-400.
42. Wardle, H., Moody, A., Griffiths, M., Orford, J., & Volberg, R. (2011). Defining the online gambler and patterns of behaviour integration: evidence from the British gambling prevalence study 2010. International Gambling Studies, 11, 339-356.
43. Weatherly, J. N., & Brandt, A. E. (2004). Participants's sensitivity to percentage payback and credit value when playing a slot-machine simulation. Behavior and Social Issues, 13, 33-50.
44. Wood, W. S., & Clapham, M. M. (2005). Development of the drake beliefs about chance inventory. Journal of Gambling Studies, 21, 411-430.
45. Wood, R. T., & Williams, R. J. (2009). Internet gambling: prevalence, patterns, problems, and policy options. Final report prepared for the Ontario problem gambling research centre. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
46. Wood, R., Griffiths, M., & Parke, J. (2007). Acquisition, development, and maintenance of online poker playing in a student sample. [Article]. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 10, 354-361.
47. Wood, R., Williams, R. J., & Lawton, P. K. (2007). Why do internet gamblers prefer online versus land-based venues? Some preliminary findings and implications. Journal of Gambling Issues, 20, 235-252.