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Motivating and inhibiting factors in online gambling behaviour: a grounded theory study
To date, there has been very little empirical research examining why people gamble online or â just as importantly â why they do not gamble online. A grounded theory study examining the motivating and inhibiting factors in online gambling was carried out. The sample comprised 15 online gamblers, 14 offline gamblers, and 11 non-gamblers, and resulted in the identification of one major theme as to why participants were motivated to gamble online (i.e., greater opportunity to gamble) and four sub-themes (i.e., convenience, value for money, the greater variety of games, and anonymity). The main reason that inhibited online gambling was that the authenticity of gambling was reduced when gambling online. Four further sub-themes were identified as inhibitors of online gambling (i.e., the reduced realism, the asocial nature of the internet, the use of electronic money, and concerns about the safety of online gambling websites). Results also indicated that the participantsâ perception was that online gambling was more addictive than offline gambling and that online gambling would exacerbate gambling problems in society
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What differentiates professional poker players from recreational poker players? A qualitative interview study
The popularity of poker (and in particular online poker) has increasingly grown worldwide in recent years. Some of the factors that may explain this increased popularity
include: (i) an increasing number of celebrities endorsing and playing poker, (ii) an increased number of televised poker tournaments, (iii) 24/7 access of poker via the
internet, and (iv) the low stakes needed to play online poker. This increase in the popularity of poker has led to the increased incidence of the âprofessional poker playerâ.
However, very little empirical research has been carried out into this relatively new group of gamblers. This research comprised a grounded theory study involving the analysis of data from three professional poker players, one semi-professional poker player and five recreational poker players. Results showed that all players believed that poker was a game of skill. The central theme as to what distinguishes professional poker players from
recreational players was that professional poker players were much more disciplined in their gambling behaviour. They treated their poker playing as work, and as such were
more likely to be logical and controlled in their behaviour, took less risks, and were less
likely to chase losses. Recreational players were more likely to engage in chasing behaviour, showed signs of lack of control, took more risks, and engaged in gambling
while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Also of importance was the number of games and time spent playing online. Recreational players only played one or two games
at a time, whereas professional poker players were much more likely to engage in multitable poker online, and played longer sessions, thus increasing the potential amount of winnings. Playing poker for a living is very possible for a minority of players but it takes a combination of talent, dedication, patience, discipline and disposition to succeed
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Gambling on the Internet: motivating and inhibiting factors
Gambling operators can certainly benefit from knowing who their customers are, and why they choose to gamble. Professor Mark Griffiths and Abby McCormack, of Nottingham Trent University, discuss different socio-cultural player profiles, and assess how offline and online gambling platforms compare in this context
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Adolescent gambling: still a cause for concern?
Problem adolescent gamblers were more likely than other children to have other addictive behaviours, more likely to report that their parents approved, to be male, have begun gambling at an early age, have had a big win early on, and to be from a lower social class. Very few adolescent problem gamblers turn up for treatment
Choice of Consistent Family, and Quantum Incompatibility
In consistent history quantum theory, a description of the time development
of a quantum system requires choosing a framework or consistent family, and
then calculating probabilities for the different histories which it contains.
It is argued that the framework is chosen by the physicist constructing a
description of a quantum system on the basis of questions he wishes to address,
in a manner analogous to choosing a coarse graining of the phase space in
classical statistical mechanics. The choice of framework is not determined by
some law of nature, though it is limited by quantum incompatibility, a concept
which is discussed using a two-dimensional Hilbert space (spin half particle).
Thus certain questions of physical interest can only be addressed using
frameworks in which they make (quantum mechanical) sense. The physicist's
choice does not influence reality, nor does the presence of choices render the
theory subjective. On the contrary, predictions of the theory can, in
principle, be verified by experimental measurements. These considerations are
used to address various criticisms and possible misunderstandings of the
consistent history approach, including its predictive power, whether it
requires a new logic, whether it can be interpreted realistically, the nature
of ``quasiclassicality'', and the possibility of ``contrary'' inferences.Comment: Minor revisions to bring into conformity with published version.
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Studying the Perturbative Reggeon
We consider the flavour non-singlet Reggeon within the context of
perturbative QCD. This consists of ladders built out of ``reggeized'' quarks.
We propose a method for the numerical solution of the integro-differential
equation for the amplitude describing the exchange of such a Reggeon. The
solution is known to have a sharp rise at low values of Bjorken-x when applied
to non-singlet quantities in deep-inelastic scattering. We show that when the
running of the coupling is taken into account this sharp rise is further
enhanced, although the Q^2 dependence is suppressed by the introduction of the
running coupling. We also investigate the effects of simulating
non-perturbative physics by introducing a constituent mass for the soft quarks
and an effective mass for the soft gluons exchanged in the t-channel.Comment: LaTeX, 21 pages, 16 figure
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