Publication: La transformación del juego problemático en España
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2017-05-01
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El 0,3% de los residentes en España de 18 a 75 años se puede considerar en niveles de juego problemático. Es una tasa de las más bajas de Europa Occidental, similar a las de Nueva Zelanda o Canadá e inferior a Estados Unidos, Australia y los países asiáticos. Desde 1990, se ha reducido y se ha transformado. De incidir en personas de clases medias y bajas de edades intermedias atraídas por las tragamonedas, está pasando a jóvenes que juegan online. Como en todo el mundo, afecta sobre todo a los hombres. La población implicada es tan reducida que no se puede hablar de sectores proclives al juego problemático, sino de individuos en los que surge el problema. En España no hay un problema social de juego problemático, hay problemas individuales que requieren políticas públicas muy precisas y mantener prácticas de juego responsable en las empresas.
The 0.3% of the Spanish population aged 18 to 75 can be considered to engage in problematic levels of gambling. This is one of the lowest gambling rates in western Europe. Since 1990, Spain’s gambling rate has fallen and undergone a drastic transformation. From being a mainly middle- or working-class problem among the middle-aged, gambling has shifted to young people engaging in online gaming. As is the case worldwide, it is a problem that chiefly affects men. Gambling affects such a small proportion of the population that it is difficult to identify sectors of the population prone to problematic gambling; rather, it is a problem that emerges in certain individuals. Spain does not have a social problem in gambling; there are, however, individual problems requiring very specific public policies, as well as a need for businesses to uphold responsible gambling practices.
The 0.3% of the Spanish population aged 18 to 75 can be considered to engage in problematic levels of gambling. This is one of the lowest gambling rates in western Europe. Since 1990, Spain’s gambling rate has fallen and undergone a drastic transformation. From being a mainly middle- or working-class problem among the middle-aged, gambling has shifted to young people engaging in online gaming. As is the case worldwide, it is a problem that chiefly affects men. Gambling affects such a small proportion of the population that it is difficult to identify sectors of the population prone to problematic gambling; rather, it is a problem that emerges in certain individuals. Spain does not have a social problem in gambling; there are, however, individual problems requiring very specific public policies, as well as a need for businesses to uphold responsible gambling practices.
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Juego, Juego Patológico, Juego Problemático, Juego Responsable, Gaming, Gambling, Pathologic Gambling, Problematic Gamgling, Responsible Gaming
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Gómez Yáñez, J. A. (2017). La transformación del juego problemático en España. Revista Española de Sociología, 26 (2), pp. 219-252.