Questionnaire Summary May 2008

ONLINE POKER

  • Which sites are played on; main sites and secondary sites
  • Real money v. "Just For Fun" play


  • Why players first join sites
  • Why they stay at sites


  • Why they leave
  • Where they go


  • Which sites would they like to play on (but are not allowed to)


  • Rating of sites
  • Image of sites


  • Importance of features they like
  • Importance of those things they don’t like


  • How much online poker are they playing


  • Are they playing more or less than they used to
  • Are they playing for higher or lower stakes than they used to
  • Future intentions to play both more or less and also for higher or lower stakes


  • Attitudes about online play compared to live play


  • What are their specific worries about online poker
  • What other online gambling do they also take part in


  • What payment systems do they use
  • What payment systems would they like to use


POKER PLAY IN CASINOS

  • How much they are playing
  • What games they are playing
  • Where they are playing


  • How they rate individual card rooms
  • Importance of card rooms in their choice of where they stay


  • What types of gambling they (and their partners) take part in, whilst in the casino


POKER PLAY IN CLUBS AND IN HOME GAMES

  • How often they play


  • What games they play
  • What stakes they play for


  • Playing more or less than they used to
  • Future intentions to play both more or less and also for higher or lower stakes


TV VIEWING BY POKER PLAYERS

  • How much TV, in general, do they watch


  • How much poker on TV do they watch
  • On which TV channels do they watch poker


  • How they rate specific poker programs
  • Attitudes to live versus recorded poker on TV


  • Who are their favourite players to watch on TV


MAGAZINE READERSHIP BY POKER PLAYERS

  • How much do they read magazines in general


  • How much do they read poker magazines
  • Which specific poker magazines do they read regularly


  • What are the main things they look for in poker magazines


OVERALL ATTITUDES TOWARDS POKER

  • How important is poker in their life


  • How much is poker a social game for them
  • What have been the social benefits of poker to them


  • How big a problem are the negative effects of (gambling) addiction


  • Attitudes towards legislation


  • What they think future poker trends will be

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