Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016

Aki Koivula; Pekka Räsänen; Ilkka Koiranen; Teo Keipi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49576-3_42

Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016

Aki Koivula^*, Pekka Räsänen, Ilkka Koiranen, Teo Keipi

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The article examines the recent trends in online gambling in Finland from 2006 to 2016. The data are derived from the “Use of Information and Communication Technology Statistics by Individuals and Household Survey” collected by Statistics Finland (N = 29,214). The analysis focuses on the frequencies of online gambling and the amounts of money spent on gambling applications in different population groups. The findings suggest that while online gambling has become more common in Finland, the amounts of money spent have decreased. Certain persisting differences by economic and socio-demographic characteristics are also detected. In particular, males, employed and under 40-year-old citizens are more likely than others to gamble. However, older people tend to spend higher amounts of money online. In addition, the probabilities of being a gambler are higher among less educated Finns. What is also noteworthy is that online gambling is clearly associated with the overall internet use frequencies and internet use purposes of the respondents. However, the internet use patterns do not associate as clearly with the amounts of money spent on the gaming applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Gabriele Meiselwitz
Pages	569-583
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49576-3_42
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jul 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020 Conference number: 12

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12195 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media
Abbreviated title	SCSM
Country	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/2020 → 24/07/2020

Keywords

Digitalization
Gambling expenditure
Online gambling
Survey research

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Koivula, A., Räsänen, P., Koiranen, I., & Keipi, T. (2020). Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016. In G. Meiselwitz (Ed.), Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings (pp. 569-583). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12195 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49576-3_42

Koivula, Aki ; Räsänen, Pekka ; Koiranen, Ilkka ; Keipi, Teo. / Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016. Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. editor / Gabriele Meiselwitz. 2020. pp. 569-583 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Koivula, A, Räsänen, P, Koiranen, I & Keipi, T 2020, Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016. in G Meiselwitz (ed.), Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12195 LNCS, pp. 569-583, International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19/07/2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49576-3_42

Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016. / Koivula, Aki; Räsänen, Pekka; Koiranen, Ilkka; Keipi, Teo.

Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Gabriele Meiselwitz. 2020. p. 569-583 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12195 LNCS).

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Koivula A, Räsänen P, Koiranen I, Keipi T. Online gambling activity in Finland 2006–2016. In Meiselwitz G, editor, Social Computing and Social Media. Participation, User Experience, Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing - 12th International Conference, SCSM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. 2020. p. 569-583. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49576-3_42

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