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Item Restricted Betting on jueteng: an empirical study on the gambling behavior of people who engage in jueteng(2001-10) Locsin, Cathleen Grace C.; Tolentino, Aimee Ivee M.; Tan, EditaThe risk-taking behavior of individuals who engage in gambling is influenced by a lot of factors. The attempt to explain such behavior is embodied in this empirical study on people who engage in a gamble called jueteng. Jueteng, which appears to be the most popular form of gambling in the Philippines, is a sequential 2 numbers game that involves a combination of 37 numbers against 37 numbers thus totaling 1,369 combinations. In some areas, minimum bets per combination are 25 centavos and maximum bets as high as 100 per combination. In this study, the researchers aim to find how the amount of bet varies across economic and socio-demographic factors such as, income, age, size of household, and gender. The analytical framework used was based on John Conlisk' s and Reuven Brenner's models, which try to explain gambling behavior, using the principles of utility theory. Using this framework, it was predicted that: (1) the relatively poor would spend more on gambling than the relatively rich; (2) older people would gamble more than their younger counterparts; (3) those who belong to a larger household would gamble more; and ( 4) women would gamble more in a game of luck, like jueteng, than men would. Accordingly, the researchers predicted that the amount bet on jueteng would be decreasing with the level of income, increasing with age and size of household, and that women would gamble more in jueteng than men. The study focused on the residents of Barangay 8-3 Payapa, Mendez, Cavite, who engage in jueteng. Samples were chosen using systematic· sampling and data was gathered using . survey facilitated by questionnaires. Regression analysis revealed that income and age were the only significant variables affecting the amount of bet.Item Restricted The economic cost of morality: a jueteng case: how does legalized jueteng impact the society?(2009-10) Regala, Eunice Loi M.; Torrenueva, Jay C.The operative word in describing jueteng in the Philippine Society is impunity - Everyone knows it, but no one is caught. Jueteng has been widely perceived as deeply rooted in the Filipino Culture. In fact, jueteng-related activities start from the ordinary market vendor and may end up to the president of the Philippines. Yet the numbers game of the "masses" remains to be illegal. Numerous legislators attempted to legalize the game but to no avail. So to end this much-heated debate, the topic must be tackled objectively. Hence, we ask the question, "How does legalized jueteng impact the society?" An earlier study provides a monetary cost-benefit analysis if jueteng is legalized. Based from the lndon Study, the legalization option is the optimal solution. However, monetary benefits do not embody the whole economic cost of legalization. For this reason, the researchers looked at the benefits and costs in the following sectors: individual, enterprise, government, and society. This is done to further analyze the socioeconomic impacts and economic implications of legalization. This study aims to determine why jueteng, although a popular game of the masses, remains an illegal form of gambling. The study discusses the socioeconomic benefits and costs of legalized jueteng, focusing on the role of morality and social cost - if earlier findings can be applied in the Philippine context - and if its impact is greater than the benefits of legalized jueteng so as to fight off the game's legalization. Morality degradation is the strongest argument against legalization. Nevertheless, based on the researchers' analysis, even though morality is marginally degraded in legalized jueteng, the corruption resulting from illegal gambling is greatly reduced. This reduction in corruption may offset the effects of morality degradation. Therefore, legalization of jueteng, setting the monetary benefits aside, truly does make economic sense.