Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective? Experimental, Controlled and Randomized Study.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 485
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Effectiveness of studied moderators
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Prevalence of problem gambling is estimated about 1-3% of the general adult population. This percentage increases to 5% when talking about online gambling. In France, the market for online gambling was recently opened up to competition and regulation (May 2010), including poker and sports/horse races betting, but excluding for the moment casino games. Recent international studies show that legalizing online gambling led to an increase of practices, including problem gambling.
In France, the law stipulates the establishment of moderators of online gambling, to prevent excessive gambling practices. The Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) guarantees the implementation of these moderators. However, no evaluation of the effectiveness of these moderators is planned.
Therefore the investigators propose to conduct an experimental study about online gambling. The objective will be to evaluate the effectiveness of four kinds of moderators, some already legislated, but not evaluated, and others offered by the investigators team. Proposals for amending legislation will be made according the results of this study.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •French people, living around Nantes
- •Giving their consent for access to their gambling account
- •User of a gambling site approved by the ARJEL, with an active account
- •Regular gambler (gambling at least once a week, since at least 3 months)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Age under 18 and over 65
- •Excessive gamblers (CPGI > 8) or gambler seeking treatment
- •Protected persons (pregnant women, being under protection measures)
- •Overindebtedness
- •Psychiatric or cognitive major dysfunctions
Arms & Interventions
Control group
The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) without gambling moderator.
Bonus group
The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : bonus (with different modalities of the moderator).
Intervention: Gambling moderator (Other)
Auto-exclusion group
The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : auto-exclusion.
Intervention: Gambling moderator (Other)
Auto- limitation group
The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : auto- limitation(with different modalities of the moderator).
Intervention: Gambling moderator (Other)
Information group
The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : information (with different modalities of the moderator).
Intervention: Gambling moderator (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Effectiveness of studied moderators
Time Frame: 2 month
Impact on money wagered and time spent gambling during the experimental gambling session (measured at the end of the gambling session +/- 15 days after +/- 2 months after, depending on the tested moderator)
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported