Exploring views among Norwegian Sámi regarding gambling and gambling treatment.

To explore gambling in the indigenous Sámi culture by studying thoughts, ideas and attitudes towards gambling among Sámi and people living in majority Sámi areas with knowledge of the culture. The topic was investigated in an inductive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 14 people (n = 13 self-reported Sámi ethnicity). The majority of the informants knew of superstitious practices that were specific to the Sámi culture, though most did not believe that these could influence gambling outcomes.