A number of studies have explored the relationship between religious beliefs and gambling (including gambling fallacies and gambling harm) but report seemingly contradictory findings. While some studies have found religious belief to be positively associated with gambling fallacies, others have found it to be a protective factor from gambling harms. One explanation for these differing effects is that gambling fallacies and metaphysical religious belief share properties of supernatural and magical thinking. Nevertheless, social support and moral strictures associated with religion might help protect against an unhealthy engagement with gambling. Using a multidimensional measure of religiosity, we hypothesised that only the supernatural facet of religious adherence would present a risk for gambling fallacies. We analysed two archival data sources collected in Canada (Quinte Longitudinal Study: N = 4121, M_age = 46, SD_age = 14, Female = 54%; Leisure, Lifestyle and Lifecycle Project: N = 1372, M_age = 37, SD_age = 17, Female = 56%). Using the Rohrbaugh–Jessor Religiosity Scale, we confirmed that the supernatural theistic domain of religion was a positive risk factor for gambling fallacies. However, participation in ritual (behavioural) aspects, such as churchgoing, was negatively associated with risk, and no effect was observed for the consequential (moral) domain. We conclude that multidimensional aspects in religious measures may account for conflicting prior findings.

许多研究探讨了宗教信仰与赌博（包括赌博谬误和赌博危害）之间的关系，但报告的结果似乎相互矛盾。虽然一些研究发现宗教信仰与赌博谬误正相关，但其他研究发现它是避免赌博危害的保护因素。对这些不同影响的一种解释是，赌博谬误和形而上学的宗教信仰具有超自然和魔法思维的属性。然而，与宗教相关的社会支持和道德约束可能有助于防止不健康地参与赌博。使用宗教信仰的多维测量，我们假设只有宗教信仰的超自然方面才会存在赌博谬误的风险。_年龄 = 46，SD_年龄 = 14，女性 = 54%；休闲、生活方式和生命周期项目：N = 1372，M_年龄 = 37，SD_年龄 = 17，女性 = 56%）。使用 Rohrbaugh-Jessor 宗教量表，我们确认宗教的超自然有神论领域是赌博谬误的积极风险因素。然而，参与仪式（行为）方面，例如去教堂，与风险呈负相关，并且没有观察到后果（道德）领域的影响。我们得出结论，宗教测量中的多维方面可能会导致先前的发现相互矛盾。