title: Responsible gambling tools: pop-up messages and pauses on video lottery terminals.
abstract: The authors examined the effect of messages and pauses, presented on video lottery terminal screens, on erroneous beliefs and persistence to play. At posttest, the strength of erroneous beliefs was lower for participants who received messages conveying information about randomness in gambling as compared to those who received pauses. Pauses also diminished the strength of erroneous beliefs, and there was no difference between the effects of pauses and messages on the number of games played. The authors discuss these results in terms of the use of messages and pauses on video lottery terminals as a strategy for promoting responsible gambling.
authors.affiliation: Laval University, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ladouceur
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sévigny
mesh_terms: D016288:Computer Terminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D030881:Disclosure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*