Problem Gambling Risk Factors of E-Sabong Players in Bataan during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Date

2022

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Abstract

This study assessed the effects of the pandemic-related risk factors and demographic factors of Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) on the PGSI of e-sabong players in Bataan, Philippines. Specifically, this study determined the direction and estimated the marginal effect of the pandemic-related PGSI risk factors and demographic factors on the PGSI of e-sabong players. The study utilized primary data obtained through an online survey distributed to 210 e-sabong players in Bataan, Philippines. The use of Ordinal Logistics Regression allowed the ordinal dependent variable to be tested with continuous and categorical independent variables established through existing studies and economic theories. The analysis revealed that 10.95% of the sample are problem gamblers, reasonably huge relative to the portion of problem gamblers in other studies that used PGSI for other online gambling types. Similar to dominant claims, the study found out that male are prone to problem gambling than female, and that sex is a significant demographic determinant of PGSI alongside years of schooling and gambling history that inversely and directly affect PGSI, respectively. Pandemic-related factors related to the development made to comply with protocols to still operate, level of convenience of gambling platform usage and number of modes of payment being used, were the main drivers of higher PGSI among e-sabong players in Bataan, Philippines. As the findings of this study agrees that there are prevailing factors that influence individual PGSI, it is suggested that the regulatory body that is concerned with problem gambling should create targeted solutions focusing on the vulnerable population identified.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Notes

Course: Bachelor of Science in Economics Major in Development Economics

Award: Best Undergraduate Thesis in Economics

Document Type

Thesis

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