Table 2 Distribution of participants’ answers to the five questions reported in Table 1

1) I am interested in football

-

25.4

 not at all

-

26.3

 a bit

-

22.3

 fairly

-

26.0

 extremely

2) I am going to follow the Euro 2008

-

19.5

 not at all

-

27.1

 a bit

-

23.6

 fairly

-

29.8

 extremely

3) I am a great fan of a team

-

46.5

 not at all

-

15.9

 a bit

-

17.8

 fairly

-

19.8

 extremely

4) I think that a good knowledge of the teams allows me to predict with accuracy the match score results

-

27.2

 not at all

-

36.8

 a bit

-

30.2

 fairly

-

5.8

 extremely

5) I often make sports bets (with monetary bets)

-

81.0

 never

-

14.3

 seldom

-

3.5

 quite often

-

1.2

 very often

every time it’s possible

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