Country or region | Culture Zone | Type of society | Global igaming gross win by region (2018) | Cultural overview & Codes |
---|---|---|---|---|
South America Countries of South America: Argentina, Ecuador, Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, mostly express as Latin America. | Latin America | Traditional, selfexpression values | Total for Latin A. and Oceania 1% GGW World Casino Directory 2018. | Gambling culture is present |
North America Countries of North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America (USA). | English Speaking | Secular, self-expression values | 12% GGW World Casino Directory 2018. | (US) Winners – purchasing the American dream, mentality that all have the chance to win |
Africa & Muslim World | African-Islamic | Traditional – Survival | 1% GGW (value is significant just for Africa) World Casino Directory 2018. | Forbidden by religion in the Muslim world. In West Africa, gambling is common. |
Europe | Catholic Europe, Protestant Europe | Secularrational values, selfexpression values | 53% GGW World Casino Directory 2018. | (France) Mystery – associated with money in a negative way |
Asia | Confucian, South Asia | Secularrational values, Survival | 27% GGW (value includes Asia and Middle East) World Casino Directory 2018. | (China) Distinctions – Conflict between emerging capitalism and Confucianism, pressure to win is high. |
Oceania Countries of Oceania: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, etc. | English Speaking | Secular, selfexpression values (depends on a specific country) | Total for Latin A. and Oceania 1% GGW World Casino Directory 2018. | Firstly, there was no gambling at all, later it was implemented by Asian trading and European colonization. |
Correlations | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schwartz: Adventure and taking risks are important to this person; to have an exciting life | Schwartz: It is important to this person to have a good time; to “spoil” oneself | Schwartz: It is important to this person to be rich; to have a lot of money and expensive things | |||
Spearman's rho | Schwartz: Adventure and taking risks are important to this person; to have an exciting life | Correlation Coefficient | 1,000 | ,285 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). | ,323 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). |
Sig. (2- tailed) | . | ,000 | ,000 | ||
N | 87312 | 86715 | 86674 | ||
Schwartz: It is important to this person to have a good time; to “spoil” oneself | Correlation Coefficient | ,285 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). | 1,000 | ,300 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). | |
Sig. (2- tailed) | ,000 | . | ,000 | ||
N | 86715 | 87965 | 87192 | ||
Schwartz: It is important to this person to be rich; to have a lot of money and expensive things | Correlation Coefficient | ,323 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). | ,300 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). | 1,000 | |
Sig. (2- tailed) | ,000 | ,000 | . | ||
N | 86674 | 87192 | 87863 |
Coefficients Dependent Variable: Schwartz: Adventure and taking risks are important to this person; to have an exciting life | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model | Unstandardized Coefficients | Standardized Coefficients | t | Sig. | 95,0% Confidence Interval for B | |||
B | Std. Error | Beta | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | ||||
1 | (Constant) | 3,265 | ,019 | 171,611 | ,000 | 3,228 | 3,303 | |
Democracy: Religious authorities interpret the laws. | -,057 | ,002 | -,106 | -29,780 | ,000 | -,061 | -,054 | |
I see myself as a world citizen | ,195 | ,007 | ,107 | 28,809 | ,000 | ,182 | ,208 | |
I see myself as an autonomous individual | ,125 | ,006 | ,075 | 20,316 | ,000 | ,113 | ,138 |
Gambling factors (variable) | Question |
---|---|
Taking risks | Adventure and taking risks are important to this person; having an exciting life. |
Having a good time | Important in life: Leisure time. |
Belonging | This person sees himself as a world citizen. |
Democracy & Religious | Democracy: Religious authorities interpret the laws (negative correlation) |