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How are major gambling brands using Twitter?

James, Richard J. E.; Bradley, Alex

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Alex Bradley



Abstract

This paper is the first to compare how major gambling brands are using the popular social media platform Twitter, looking at how gambling brands vary in the frequency of their messages, the content of their tweets and engagement with their Twitter activity. 63,913 tweets were collected from seven well-known British gambling brands (Bet365, Betfair, Betfred, Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, William Hill) and their associated Twitter accounts (Total Number of Accounts = 22) via the Twitter Application Program Interface (API) on the 1 August 2018. Companies varied in their approach to Twitter, some posting from a single account whereas others segmented their tweets by topic or purpose. Frequency analysis of tweets showed that on average major gambling brands tweeted anywhere between 89 and 202 tweets a day. Sentiment analysis of tweets showed a positivity bias with the language in tweets being associated with positive emotions like anticipation, trust and joy. Paddy Power, Bet365 and Coral produced the content that received the highest number of likes or shares from other twitter users. This study highlights the extent to which companies are using Twitter; followers could potentially be receiving hundreds of messages per day.

Citation

James, R. J. E., & Bradley, A. (2019). How are major gambling brands using Twitter?. International Gambling Studies, 19(3), 451-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2019.1606927

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 7, 2019
Online Publication Date Apr 28, 2019
Publication Date Apr 28, 2019
Deposit Date Apr 26, 2019
Publicly Available Date Apr 29, 2020
Journal International Gambling Studies
Print ISSN 1445-9795
Electronic ISSN 1479-4276
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 3
Pages 451-470
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2019.1606927
Keywords Twitter; Advertising; Gambling; Betting; Sports
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1844833
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14459795.2019.1606927
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Gambling Studies on 28/04/2019], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14459795.2019.1606927
Contract Date Apr 26, 2019

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