Analyzing the threats of online football betting and its prevention strategies

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Authors

1 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i university, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD. student in sport management Faculty of Physical Education and Sport sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i university, Tehran, Iran

3 PhD. Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i university, Tehran, Iran

https://www.doi.org/10.34785/J021.2020.416

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the threats of online football betting and provide solutions to reduce these threats. The research method was qualitative and using the phenomenological approach. The statistical population of the study consisted of people with more than one-year participation in online football betting. Snowball sampling was applied and 19 interviews were conducted. The interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. Thematic analysis method was used for analyzing data. Findings showed that for each research question, some themes were identified. Data analyzing in the section of the betting effects showed that the themes were divided into two sections: positive and negative effects. The positive effects of betting in sports include leisure enrichment and improving the mental state and the negative effects includes individual and social aspects. In the component of the causes of the tendency to betting in sports, the themes of luck trying, environmental stimuli and mood improvement were determined. In the category of strategies to reduce betting threats, themes of monitoring and control, education through media and psychological empowerment were defined. In order to reduce the threats of betting, it is necessary for the responsible organizations to pay attention to preventive strategies to deal.

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Sports Marketing Studies
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
October 2020
Pages 132-105

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