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Attitudes and motivation towards sport betting in young people
Kovář, Filip ; Mudrák, Jiří (advisor) ; Šíma, Jan (referee)
Title: Attitudes and motivations of young people towards sport betting Objectives: To find out which factors significantly influence sport betting in young Czechs between the age of 18 and 30. Methods: Due to the quantitative nature of the research, the only used method was electronic survey. The survey was based on the theory of planned behaviour. It primarily sought information on independent variables (predictors) within this theory, which are attitudes, subjective norm and perceived control (in connection with sport betting). This part was adopted from a similar previous research. The intention and behaviour of the respondents as response variables were also surveyed in order to describe the relationships between independent and response variables. The sample consisted of 122 respondents, mostly active betters. Statistical methods such as correlation and regression analysis were used, followed by a final path analysis, which provided a model visualizing the relationships between the crucial variables. Results: All of the examined predictors within the theory of planned behaviour influence the intention to bet - the values are 0,241 for attitudes, 0,335 for subjective norm and -0,410 for perceived control. The negative value means that those with higher perceived control have lower intention to...
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The role of sport in the development of problem gambling: A professional athlete case study
Dočekalová, Pavlína ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Roznerová, Tereza (referee)
This thesis consists of theoretical and empirical parts. The theoretical part explains the basic terms related to gambling, describes the history of games, the definition of the term game and selected forms of gambling. The next chapter is dedicated to pathological gambling, its diagnostics, etiology and pathogenesis of pathological gambling, risk factors that can lead to gambling and consequences of gambling. The following chapter deals with the current situation in the Czech Republic, including legislation and prevalence. The last chapter of the theoretical part describes the impact of sport on society, problems related to sport, focus on football as a social phenomenon and on the athlete's personality. For the research part of the paper qualitative research has been chosen. Based on the narrative of the respondent, a case study has been elaborated, which shows the potential causes and risk factors of problem gambling on one specific example. Keywords - Gambling, sport, case study
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Internet Gambling in the USA - regulation and prohibition
Kozák, Jakub ; Šíma, Josef (advisor) ; Ždímal, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on comparison of two political approaches to a quite new e-commerce industry -- internet gambling. These approaches are prohibition on the one hand and regulation, free market environment, on the other hand. Internet gambling became the worldwide phenomenon. However, American legislators had passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006 in 2006 which outlawed an internet gambling. The declared purpose of this Act is protection of families against ill effects, such money laundering, underage gambling and problem gambling on society. This paper argues that regulation and free market environment established in Great Britain is much more effective way how to solve these key issues. There is demonstrated in the paper that free market stands for economically preferable option and contains better instruments for solving the issues at the same time.
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