Modelling gambling time and economic assignments to weekly trip behaviour to gambling venues
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The study of gambling and its socio-economic structures should be an area of growing interest to a society-relevant geography. In Australia, electronic gaming machines (EGMs) have dominated recent gambling industry growth. As EGMs have diffused through the urban hierarchy, there is a growing recognition that EGM distribution often correlates with levels of socio-economic status. Marshall and Baker (2002) showed that a similar EGM socio-economic assignment model evolved in the capital cities of...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Marshall, David | |
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dc.contributor.author | Baker, R G V | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T23:01:40Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1435-5930 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84524 | |
dc.description.abstract | The study of gambling and its socio-economic structures should be an area of growing interest to a society-relevant geography. In Australia, electronic gaming machines (EGMs) have dominated recent gambling industry growth. As EGMs have diffused through the urban hierarchy, there is a growing recognition that EGM distribution often correlates with levels of socio-economic status. Marshall and Baker (2002) showed that a similar EGM socio-economic assignment model evolved in the capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, even though these cities have substantially different historical and legislative EGM environments. This paper looks at a related space-time model in the context of trip-making to gaming venues, relative to an Index of Economic Resources from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. A simulation of the model predicts different types of gambling behaviour. It also shows that venue hours can affect time-economic trip behaviour. The model is then applied to EGM gambling data gathered in an urban hierarchy on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. The results define a gaussian-type low involvement 'recreational random' gambling for patrons, whereas for more involved gamblers (in terms of time spent gambling), there are discrete behavioural periods over the week for a wider economic cohort. This leads to the possibility of a spectrum of time-economic EGM gambling assignments for participating households in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.source | Journal of Geographical Systems: geographical information, analysis, theory and decision | |
dc.subject | Keywords: economic activity; gambling; modeling; time allocation; Australasia; Australia Gambling behaviour; Gambling involvement; Memoryless distributions; Time-economic modelling; Venue hours | |
dc.title | Modelling gambling time and economic assignments to weekly trip behaviour to gambling venues | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 7 | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160499 - Human Geography not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub12810 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Marshall, David, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Baker, R G V, University of New England | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3-4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 381 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 402 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10109-005-0003-8 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-12T07:41:40Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-33644746357 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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