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GAMBLING IN SPORTS BETTING – PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AMONG STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR
Zora Itković Zuckerman
; Department of Pedagogy, University of Zadar
Vladimir Prostran
; Department of Pedagogy, University of Zadar
Abstract
Games of chance, united under name of gambling, are becaming more popular in the modern times, and the number of gamblers
increases progresively with the decrease of economic power of people. According to inveterate views on gambling in sports betting
is a “benign” form of games of chance. So this kind of “entertainment is being popularized mora and mora even through national
media. However, for some of the gambler the game becomes the center of interests, because of gambling they neglect their work,
styding and other activities. The individual control is being decreased even further by obsesively gambling everyday, and instead of
entertaining the game starts to control people leading them to addiction. In this research we study some aspects of the role of betting
in everyday life of students. The sample consisted of 113 questioned persons, and during the examination was used a questionnaire
thai was mode for that purpose and theoretically measurs the freqvency of betting, some attitude and motivation. The research has
confi rmend aur assumption that the games on chance are concerning because of their increase. It pointed to one unpredicted fact
the largest number of students gamble because they are bored. In that way, the hedonism, as the primary cause of excessive alcohol
consumation among the youth and one of the most signifi cantcauses of drug consumation, hasshown to be a key factor in students
playing games on chance.
Keywords
games on chance; betting; students; free time
Hrčak ID:
45268
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2009.
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