Bakgrund och problemdiskussion: Den ökade tillgängligheten av casino- och sportspel på nätet står i en komplicerad relation till spelproblem eftersom det numera är tillgängligt på flera olika plattformar. Företag i EU-länder med över 500 medarbetare i genomsnitt måste från räkenskapsåret 2017 upprätta hållbarhetsredovisning, i dessa förväntas företag med casino- och nätspelsverksamhet redovisa hur de arbetar mot att stävja spelproblem. Detta har företag tidigare frivilligt upprättat i sin hållbarhetsredovisning, något som gjort att jämförbarheten mellan företag ansetts vara problematisk. Syfte: Undersökningen syftar till att, mellan företag, jämföra det redovisade sociala ansvarstagandet över tid för att uppfatta effekter av globala ramverk och direktiv inom hållbarhetsredovisning. Teoretisk referensram: Tidigare studier om hållbarhetsredovisning inom casino- och nätspelsföretag har tillsammans med legitimitet- samt institutionella teorin tillämpats för att analysera det empiriska materialet. Metod: Studien har utgått från ett kvantitativt tillvägagångssätt och empiriska data är inhämtad från sex börsnoterade företags hållbarhetsredovisningar från åren 2013–2017. Meningarna har kvantifierats, poängfördelats och tolkats utifrån en kodningsmanual. Resultat: Majoriteten av företagen i studien har förändrat sin redovisning om socialt ansvarstagande under årens gång. Alla företag ter sig ur ett positivt perspektiv redovisa de negativa aspekterna i anknytning till spelproblem. Resultatet visar även att det är svårt att jämföra olika företags hållbarhetsredovisningar eftersom innehållet skiljer sig, något som även tidigare studier om hållbarhetsredovisningar påpekar. / Problematization: The increased availability of casino and sport games online has a complicated relationship to problem gaming. For companies in the European Union, a sustainability report must be established if a company has an average of 500 employees during the year. It is expected that companies that are running as an online game operator also reports its work in restraining gambling problems, something that earlier has been optional to account and have made the comparability of sustainability reports problematic. Purpose: The purpose of this study has been to, between companies, compare the reporting of the social responsibilities over time to comprehend the effects of global guidelines and directions within sustainability reporting. Frame of reference: Earlier studies about sustainability reporting within online casino companies have been used in combination with the legitimacy theory and the institutional theory to analyze the quantitative data. Method: The study has been issued from a quantitative approach and the data has been collected from six listed companies who have established a sustainability report for the years 2013-2017. Sentences have been quantified, interpreted and given a score from a coding manual. Results: Most of the companies in the study has developed its reporting of the social responsibilities during the years. All companies appear to write in a positive way about the negative aspects in connection to problem gaming. The result shows that it is hard to compare companies’ sustainability reports because of the difference in the information, something that earlier studies in the field points out.

The objectives of this study were to provide a detailed biopsychosocial description of the characteristics of a sample of 100 individuals screened and referred by the National Responsible Gaming Programme helpline for their outpatient treatment programme over an eighteen month period, and, importantly, to measure the success of this specific treatment programme at set intervals, up to a one year follow-up period. While 80% of the sample did not relapse during the six-week treatment programme, the number of treatment seekers without any gambling relapses during each follow-up period declined, and those falling back into gambling increased as time went on. After one year 47% of treatment seekers managed not to revert back to gambling – total abstinence. A further 28% reported having relapsed once or twice or that their gambling was controlled. 25% of treatment seekers reported that they reverted back to gambling fulltime which leaves the success rate of the treatment at 75%. Treatment seekers reported an overall reduction in gambling participation, debt and expenditure and an overall improvement in social and vocational functioning. There is evidence in this study to support the perspective that pathological gambling is a multidimensional disorder and that certain sub-groups of gamblers have distinct gambling behaviour. / Psychology / M.Soc.Sc.

The objectives of this study were to provide a detailed biopsychosocial description of the characteristics of a sample of 100 individuals screened and referred by the National Responsible Gaming Programme helpline for their outpatient treatment programme over an eighteen month period, and, importantly, to measure the success of this specific treatment programme at set intervals, up to a one year follow-up period. While 80% of the sample did not relapse during the six-week treatment programme, the number of treatment seekers without any gambling relapses during each follow-up period declined, and those falling back into gambling increased as time went on. After one year 47% of treatment seekers managed not to revert back to gambling – total abstinence. A further 28% reported having relapsed once or twice or that their gambling was controlled. 25% of treatment seekers reported that they reverted back to gambling fulltime which leaves the success rate of the treatment at 75%. Treatment seekers reported an overall reduction in gambling participation, debt and expenditure and an overall improvement in social and vocational functioning. There is evidence in this study to support the perspective that pathological gambling is a multidimensional disorder and that certain sub-groups of gamblers have distinct gambling behaviour. / Psychology / M.Soc.Sc.