ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Addictive Disorders
This article is part of the Research TopicBeyond Abstinence: Harm Reduction and Its Impact on Addiction DisordersView all articles
The Impact of Improper Promotion of Lottery on the Risks of Lottery Purchasing: A Moderated Chain Mediation Effect
Provisionally accepted
- 1Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- 2Huzhou University, Huzhou, China
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To investigate the harm caused by improper promotion of sports lotteries to sports lottery players, this study conducted a questionnaire survey on 600 sports lottery players. At the same time, risk factors such as obsession with lotteries and problematic lottery purchasing behaviors were introduced to verify the chain mediating effect of these two variables between improper promotion of sports lotteries and the harm of lottery purchasing. In addition, based on the integrated model of lottery health risks and protection, the moderating effect of the belief in responsible lottery purchasing in the chain mediating process was also verified.
Keywords: sports lottery players, inappropriate publicity exposure, obsessive passion of lottery, problem lottery playing, lottery playing harm, responsible betting beliefs
Received: 22 Jul 2025; Accepted: 18 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Gai Li, ligaiccnu@126.com
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