Abstract

Background

Informed by literature on venue design and ‘nudging’ in the context of choice architecture, the purpose of this article is to investigate the physical design of, and practices enacted within, sports bars to provide some indication as to whether these venues are spaces that encourage risky drinking and betting.

Methods

Our analysis draws on three arms of data collection: (i) website review of licensed venues in Victoria, Australia that promoted sports telecasting; (ii) observational data collection including site visits to 50 venues in Victoria that promoted sport telecasting, and more intensive sessions of observation during six sporting matches; and (iii) in situ interviews with 200 sports bar patrons.

Findings

We identified three types of sports bars: (i) prototypical sports bars; (ii) venues that have a sports bar section; and (iii) venues that televise sport on occasion. Sports bar attendees reported moderately heavy drinking at sports bars and frequent engagement in sports betting. We identified two distinct groups of sports bettors. Prototypical sports bars and venues that televise sport on occasion attracted younger men who bet the least frequently but in the highest amounts, while venues that have a sports bar section attracted older men who bet more often but in smaller amounts.

Conclusions

We identified several design elements across the three types of venues, each ‘nudging’ sports betting and drinking in different ways. Any focused public health work in relation to sports bars will need to consider the social and physical design elements of different sports betting environments.

中文翻译：

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体育酒吧：环境设计、饮酒、体育博彩

摘要

背景

根据有关场地设计和选择建筑背景下的“轻推”的文献，本文的目的是调查体育酒吧的物理设计和实践，以提供一些指示，以表明这些场地是否是鼓励冒险饮酒和赌博。

方法

我们的分析基于数据收集的三个方面：(i) 对澳大利亚维多利亚州推广体育电视转播的许可场地的网站审查；(ii) 观察数据收集，包括实地访问维多利亚州 50 个促进体育电视转播的场馆，以及在六场体育比赛期间进行更密集的观察；(iii) 对 200 名体育酒吧顾客的现场采访。

发现

我们确定了三种类型的运动酒吧：(i)原型运动酒吧；(ii)设有体育酒吧区的场地；(iii)偶尔转播体育赛事的场地。体育酒吧的参与者报告说，他们在体育酒吧中度饮酒，并经常参与体育博彩。我们确定了两组不同的体育博彩玩家。典型的体育酒吧和偶尔转播体育赛事的场所吸引了投注频率最低但金额最高的年轻男性，而设有体育酒吧部分的场所则吸引了更频繁但金额较小的年长男性。

结论

我们在三种类型的场地中确定了几个设计元素，每个元素都以不同的方式“推动”体育博彩和饮酒。任何与体育酒吧相关的重点公共卫生工作都需要考虑不同体育博彩环境的社会和物理设计元素。