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Title Authors PubMed ID
1 Online gambling during the COVID-19 pandemic: do living conditions matter? Côté M; Kairouz S; Savard AC; Brodeur M; 41387820
CONCORDIA
2 A portrait of online gambling: a look at a transformation amid a pandemic Kairouz S; Savard AC; Murch WS; Dixon MR; Martin NB; Brodeur M; Dauphinais S; Ferland F; Hamel D; Dufour M; French M; Monson E; Van Mourik V; Morvannou A; 40770758
CONCORDIA
3 "It would Never have Happened Without the Pandemic": Understanding the Lived Experience of Individuals who Increased Their Online Gambling Participation Savard AC; Kairouz S; Nadeau-Tremblay J; Brodeur M; Ferland F; French M; Morvannou A; Blanchette-Martin N; Dufour M; VanMourik V; Monson E; 39115755
SOCANTH
4 Gambling Patterns and Problems of Gamblers on Licensed and Unlicensed Sites in France Costes JM; Kairouz S; Eroukmanoff V; Monson E; 25862019
SOCANTH
5 Online Gambling Practices and Related Problems in Five European Countries: Findings from the Electronic Gam(bl)ing Multinational Empirical Survey (E-GAMES) Project Costes JM; Kairouz S; Fiedler I; Bartczuk RP; Lelonkek-Kuleta B; Minutillo A; Notari L; 37466781
PSYCHOLOGY
6 Using machine learning to retrospectively predict self-reported gambling problems in Quebec Murch WS; Kairouz S; Dauphinais S; Picard E; Costes JM; French M; 36880253
SOCANTH
7 Once online poker, always online poker? Poker modality trajectories over two years Dufour M; Morvannou A; Laverdière É; Brunelle N; Kairouz S; Nolin MA; Nadeau L; Dussault F; Berbiche D; 32467840
PSYCHOLOGY

 

Title:A portrait of online gambling: a look at a transformation amid a pandemic
Authors:Kairouz SSavard ACMurch WSDixon MRMartin NBBrodeur MDauphinais SFerland FHamel DDufour MFrench MMonson EVan Mourik VMorvannou A
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40770758/
DOI:10.1186/s12954-025-01265-1
Publication:Harm reduction journal
Keywords:COVID-19 pandemicGamblingLived experienceMixed methods designOnline gamblingPopulation survey
PMID:40770758 Category: Date Added:2025-08-07
Dept Affiliation: CONCORDIA
1 Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W, H-1125-31, Montréal, H2G 1M8, Québec, Canada. sylvia.kairouz@concordia.ca.
2 Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
3 Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W, H-1125-31, Montréal, H2G 1M8, Québec, Canada.
4 Service de recherche en dépendance du CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale et du CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
5 Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
6 Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
7 CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal - Montreal Addiction Rehabilitation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Description:

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an extraordinary societal context in which the gambling offer was modified to meet public health measures intended to curb viral transmission. With many land-based gambling venues being forced to close, gambling opportunities were left almost exclusively to the online domain, thus possibly instigating changes in the population's online gambling habits. Using a sequential mixed methods design, this study aimed to (1) investigate the self-reported changes in gambling habits of adults in the province of Québec (Canada) following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing public health responses, and (2) report on their lived experiences of these changes during the first year of the pandemic.

Method: A population survey was conducted with a representative sample of 4,676 online gamblers residing in the province of Québec, which was selected through random digit dialing for telephone interviews and from a web panel. From the initial sample, 96 online gamblers were recruited for in-depth semi-structured interviews inquiring about their gambling experiences during the first year of the pandemic.

Results: The prevalence of online gambling was estimated at 15.6-20.3% of Québec's population in 2021, among which 5.6% gambled online for the first time during the pandemic, which represented a substantial addition to the 14.7% of people who gambled online both before and during the pandemic. Only 1.4% of people quit online gambling during the pandemic. The impact of the pandemic was similar for frequency, expenditure, and time spent on various online gambling activities, with day trading having increased most during the pandemic. Seeking to earn money was one of several motivations endorsed by participants who had begun or increased online gambling practices during the first year of the pandemic.

Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic clearly revealed a significant increase in online gambling practices when changes in the gambling landscape and in daily life occurred due to the health crisis. This calls for a greater attention to the need for comprehensive regulatory measures and a support system for online gambling in a context of a steadily increasing lucrative market.





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