People who are in control of their gambling habits play for fun and like the idea of possibly winning big. They set limits on how much money and time they can spend, and they are likely to gamble on the internet. But gambling is just one of several leisure activities these players undertake. In contrast, gambling is a form of escapism for problem players and often their only social activity, say Richard Wood of GamRes Ltd. in Canada, and Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University in the UK. The results appear in Springer's Journal of Gambling Studies.
Their study is among the first to explore the strategies, attitudes and motivations of so-called "positive players" who are not at risk of becoming problem gamblers. Wood and Griffiths analyzed the results of an online survey completed by 1,484 positive players and 209 problem players.
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