ASTERY

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Asterig is an English acronym for As sessment T ool to Measure and e valuate the Ri sk potential of G ambling Products (assessment tool for measuring and estimating the risk potential of gambling products).

Gambling and betting is an important part of many people's lives as it gives them great pleasure all over the world. However, any gambling and betting product can have negative consequences; some people develop a recurring disrupted gaming behavior, which can develop into pathological gaming . The individual risk depends on the one hand on the personality of the player himself and on the other hand on the characteristics of the gaming product . For example, the risk of addiction in a lottery should be fundamentally different from that of a slot machine , whereby criteria such as the size and frequency of a jackpot or the type of offer (offline versus online) can significantly influence the risk potential.

Problem gambling is more than just an individual problem. It is often related to financial losses, disorders in the affected families and interpersonal relationships, and simultaneous psychological impairments. It can thereby develop into a social issue for the entire personal environment of the pathological gambler as well as an entire economy.

ASTERIG is a systematic measurement and evaluation tool for quantifying the potential for addiction to gambling and money-winning products. The tool uses scores to measure how great the risk of addiction of a gambling product can be. For this purpose ten, not significantly intercorrelating parameters are used, which are weighted according to the strength of their influence. It allows a mathematically objective comparison of possible addiction risk potentials between different, possibly similar gambling products. In addition, ASTERIG makes it clear where specifically, i.e. H. which feature or features of the game of chance under consideration can promote or reduce the risk of addiction .

ASTERIG offers the possibility of a quantitative comparison in the form of a systematic measuring and evaluation instrument with comparable scores or a comparatively evaluable scale. The tool helps legislators and case law as well as administrative practice in the countries or states that publicly allow and offer games of chance and betting. A scientifically based classification of gaming products into comparatively measurable degrees of risk is also undisputed in an international context. Similar research is known from Great Britain, Finland and Sweden. Their theoretical or empirical basis has not yet been published, which makes the scientific assessment of these instruments difficult.

ASTERIG was developed and globally validated by:

Expert Country institution
Carlos Blanco United States Department of Psychiatry Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Alex Blaszczynski OUT University of Sydney, School of Psychology
Pure Clement GE Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
Jeffrey Derevensky CAN McGill University, International Center for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors
Anna E. Goudriaan NL University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center
David C. Hodgins CAN University of Calgary, Department of Psychology
Ruth J. van Holst NL University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center
Ángela Ibáñez ESP Alcala University, Department of Psychiatry, Ramon y Cajal Hospital
Silvia S. Martins United States Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Chantal Moersen GE Charité Berlin
Sabrina Molinaro I. CNR - Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica Sezione di Epidemiologia Pisa
Adrian Parke UK University of Lincoln
Franz W. Peren GE Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
Nancy M. Petry United States University of Connecticut, Health Center
Heather Wardle UK National Center for Social Research

See also

literature

  • Franz W. Peren, Reiner Clement: Competition as a determinant of player and consumer protection. Possible social losses as a result of a distortion of competition on the German gaming and gambling market. Medien und Recht Verlag, Munich et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-939438-25-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Problematic and pathological gambling . Charité , 2014
  2. ↑ Pathological gambling . (PDF) DHS German headquarters for addiction issues e. V., Addiction Medicine Series, Volume 6, 2013, pp. 11ff.
  3. ↑ relatives . Hamburg State Office for Addiction Issues V., 2014
  4. ^ Social follow-up costs of lust & addiction in Austria . (PDF) Kreutzer, Fischer & Partner, Vienna 2013, p. 9ff.
  5. ↑ Carlos Blanco, Alex Blaszczynski, Reiner Clement, Jeffrey Derevensky, Anna E. Goudriaan, David C. Hodgins, Ruth J. van Holst, Angela Ibanez, Silvia S. Martins, Chantal Moersen, Sabrina Molinaro, Adrian Parke, Franz W. Peren , Nancy M. Petry, Heather Wardle: Assessment Tool to Measure and Evaluate the Risk Potential of Gambling Products - ASTERIG . In: The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics , Vol. 7, 2013, No 1.
  6. ^ Franz W. Peren: Assessment Tool to Measure and Evaluate the Risk Potential of Gambling Products: ASTERIG . In: The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics , 2011, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 54-66.
  7. ↑ Gaming Assessment Measure - Guidance about Responsible Design . gamgard.com, accessed March 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ Product Evaluation Method for Reducing Potential Hazards. veikkaus.fi; accessed March 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Playscan (Sweden) spelinstitutet.se; accessed March 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ Carlos Blanco, Alex Blaszczynski, Reiner Clement, Jeffrey Derevensky, Anna E. Goudriaan, David C. Hodgins, Ruth J. van Holst, Angela Ibanez, Silvia S. Martins, Chantal Moersen, Sabrina Molinaro, Adrian Parke, Franz W. Peren , Nancy M. Petry, Heather Wardle: Assessment Tool to Measure and Evaluate the Risk Potential of Gambling Products, ASTERIG: A Global Validation. In: Gaming Law Review and Economics . Volume 17, 2013, Issue 9, pp. 635–642.