Gambling opportunities are facilitated by the growth of the Internet and social media platforms. Digital games also increasingly include monetary features, such as microtransactions, blurring the line between gambling and gaming. The Internet provides a variety of virtual communities for gamblers and gamers, but comprehensive research on these communities and their relevance in gambling and monetary gaming behaviors remains scarce. This paper summarizes research of online gambling and monetary gaming communities based on a systematic literature review. A systematic literature search was conducted from five databases: Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Social Science Premium Collection, and EBSCOhost. The search was limited to empirical articles that focused on gambling or gaming involving money and examined online interaction between gamblers or gamers. Preliminary search resulted in 1056 articles, from which 55 were selected for the analyses based on pre-determined criteria. According to results, online communities serve different functions in gambling and gaming behaviors. Gambling communities are typically forums for discussing and sharing gambling experiences, strategies, and tips as well as gambling problems, while gaming communities are inherently embedded inside a game being an essential part of the gaming experience. Identification with virtual communities influences gambling behavior and monetary gaming behavior through mechanisms of perceived norms, social influence, and community feedback. Whereas some gambling communities may provide protection from excessive gambling habits, gaming communities seem to solely motivate gaming behavior and purchase intentions. The role of online communities should be acknowledged in prevention and treatment of gambling and gaming problems.

互联网和社交媒体平台的发展促进了赌博机会。数字游戏也越来越多地包含货币功能，例如微交易，从而模糊了赌博和游戏之间的界限。互联网为赌徒和游戏玩家提供了各种各样的虚拟社区，但是对于这些社区及其在赌博和金钱游戏行为中的相关性的全面研究仍然很少。本文基于系统的文献综述，总结了在线赌博和货币游戏社区的研究。从五个数据库进行了系统的文献检索：Scopus，Web of Science，PsycINFO，Social Science Premium Collection和EBSCOhost。搜索仅限于经验性文章，这些文章侧重于涉及金钱的赌博或游戏，并研究了赌徒或游戏玩家之间的在线互动。初步搜索结果为1056篇文章，根据预定标准从其中选择了55篇进行分析。根据结果​​，在线社区在赌博和游戏行为中起着不同的作用。赌博社区通常是讨论和共享赌博经验，策略和技巧以及赌博问题的论坛，而游戏社区天生就嵌入在游戏中，这是游戏体验的重要组成部分。通过感知规范，社会影响力和社区反馈的机制，对虚拟社区的识别会影响赌博行为和金钱博弈行为。某些赌博社区可能会提供保护，避免过度的赌博习惯，而游戏社区似乎只是在激励游戏行为和购买意图。应该承认在线社区在预防和治疗赌博和游戏问题中的作用。