LOS ANGELES CA – SweepstakesCasino.com, which publishes Sweepstakes Magazine online, in a Friday (Jan. 5, 2024) article said its poll of 2,453 “working Americans” during December 2023 revealed that 64% of them, or slightly higher than three of every five, play video games during work hours. Almost half, 46%, confess to playing on the job two to three times a week.
Among respondents who said they were from Pennsylvania, 63% indicated they played games at work, according to the poll.
Possibly more surprising, according to the article authored by “expert social casino writer” and editor Mike Osbourne of Los Angeles, is that six of 10 poll respondents “believe that gaming during work hours doesn’t affect their productivity.” Some, about 25%, even suggest “it enhances their productivity,” Osbourne wrote.
Little surprise here, though. The survey shows smartphones are by far the most popular choice – used by 77 percent of those polled – among devices favored by player-workers. Only 18% prefer a computer, Osbourne wrote, and only 3% usually opt for a tablet.
Other selected findings from the poll, as covered by the article:
- Fourteen percent of respondents play video games four to five times weekly on company time;
- A majority of those polled, 45%, said they limit their gaming to a maximum of 30 minutes per week;
- Eighty-three percent either have considered taking a sick day, or have taken a sick day, to make time for gaming;
- Their most popular type of game from among a list of 10? Puzzle games; and
- “Only 1 in 20 claims to have ever faced consequences for gaming on the job.”
The Sweepstakes Magazine article goes into even greater depth on the poll results. It provides statistics on primary reasons offered by those polled for gaming at work; other types of games they favor when playing; the occupations of those who game the most while on the job; states with the highest and lowest player-worker rates nationwide; and parameters of the poll.
Read Osbourne’s piece in its entirety here.
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