TY - JOUR AU - Ohtsuka, Keis AU - Ohtsuka, Thai PY - 2010 DA - 2010/10/01 TI - Vietnamese Australian Gamblers’ Views on Luck and Winning: Universal Versus Culture-specific Schemas JO - Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health SP - 34 EP - 46 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - This article examines Vietnamese Australian gamblers’ views on luck and winning to explore their subjective perspectives. Illusion of control beliefs have been identified as a predictor of gambling frequency and a risk factor for problem gambling. Culture-specific beliefs regarding luck and winning may further strengthen universal illusion of control beliefs. Twenty-one Vietnamese-Australian gamblers were interviewed with regard to their subjective views of luck and winning at gambling. It was hypothesized that regular gamblers would hold substantial illusion of control beliefs, that culture-specific schemas would be present in their beliefs about gambling outcomes, and that universal schemas commonly found in gamblers from other cultural backgrounds would also be present. The results indicated that Vietnamese Australian gamblers held both universal illusion of control beliefs and some culture-specific beliefs. The implications of culture-specific schemas in reinforcing illusion of control beliefs are discussed. SN - 2195-3007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03342117 DO - 10.1186/BF03342117 ID - Ohtsuka2010 ER -