MOD&JEU: Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Moderators of Online Gambling, How Effective? Experimental, Controlled and Randomized Study.

Conditions
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Online Gambling

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Gambling moderator


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult 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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control group<br>The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) without gambling moderator. | |
| Experimental: Bonus group<br>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). | Other: Gambling moderator<br> <br> * Other names: moderator studied) or to the control condition (i.e. with no moderator present).;|
| Experimental: Auto-exclusion group<br>The participants play on their preferred online gambling site (experimental gambling session) with the first gambling moderator sudied : auto-exclusion. | Other: Gambling moderator<br> <br> * Other names: moderator studied) or to the control condition (i.e. with no moderator present).;|
| Experimental: Auto- limitation group<br>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). | Other: Gambling moderator<br> <br> * Other names: moderator studied) or to the control condition (i.e. with no moderator present).;|
| Experimental: Information group<br>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). | Other: Gambling moderator<br> <br> * Other names: moderator studied) or to the control condition (i.e. with no moderator present).;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Effectiveness of studied moderators | 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) | 2 month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Experimental study, moderators, online gambling,, problem gambling prevention