Table 2

Summary of data collected throughout the three phases

Phase IPhase IIPhase III

  • Gambling data from a random panel of gamblers’ accounts extracted from the ARJEL and FDJ databases (ie, variables from table 1)

  • Data obtained from the online questionnaire

  • Gambling data of participants to phase II (new data from the ARJEL and FDJ databases)

  • Sociodemographic data

  • Variables on gambling habits

  • Evaluation of cognitive distortions

  • Diagnosis of gambling disorders

  • Gambling data obtained from participants’ account history (especially time-related variables)

  • Gambling data of participants to phase III (new ARJEL and FDJ data extraction)

  • ARJEL, Authority for Regulating Online Gambling; FDJ, Française Des Jeux.