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Video game loot boxes are linked to problem gambling: Results of a large-scale survey

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Loot boxes are items in video games that can be paid for with real-world money and contain randomised contents. In recent years, loot boxes have become increasingly common.
D. Zendle, P. Cairns
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disordered gambling, type of gambling and gambling involvement in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 [PDF]

open access: yesThe European Journal of Public Health, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between types of gambling and disordered gambling, with and without controlling for gambling involvement (i.e. the number of types of games with which respondents were involved during the past 12 months).We completed a secondary data analysis of the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey (BGPS)
Debi A, LaPlante   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Types of gambling: finnish gambling narratives under the lens of systems theory

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2023
There seems to be no shortage of gambling and problem gambling typologies. At a closer look, however, previous research identified types of problem gamblers and not of problem gambling.
Michael Egerer
doaj   +1 more source

Gambling and Comovements [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
AbstractThis study shows that correlated trading by gambling-motivated investors generates excess return comovement among stocks with lottery features. Lottery-like stocks comove strongly with one another, and this return comovement is strongest among lottery stocks located in regions where investors exhibit stronger gambling propensity.
Kumar, Alok   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Test–Retest Reliability and Clinical and Research Validity of the ‘Quality of Life Impact and Concerns’ (QoLI&C) Measure

open access: yesPatient Related Outcome Measures, 2021
Tina S Gambling1 †, Andrew F Long2 1School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; 2School of Health Care, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK†Tina S Gambling passed away on November 23, 2020.Correspondence: Andrew F Long Email ...
Gambling TS, Long AF
doaj  

The impact of gambling advertising: Problem gamblers report stronger impacts on involvement, knowledge, and awareness than recreational gamblers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although there is a general lack of empirical evidence that advertising influences gambling participation, the regulation of gambling advertising is hotly debated among academic researchers, treatment specialists, lobby groups, regulators, and policy ...
Griffiths, MD   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Follow the Money: Gambling, Ethics, and Subpoenas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Since the Watergate era, when investigative reporters were advised to "follow the money" to find the facts, this principle has been reaffirmed several times as the mechanism for the fourth estate to scourge crime and corruption from government, lobbying ...
Kindt, John Warren
core   +1 more source

The Role of Virtual Communities in Gambling and Gaming Behaviors: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Gambling Studies, 2020
Gambling opportunities are facilitated by the growth of the Internet and social media platforms. Digital games also increasingly include monetary features, such as microtransactions, blurring the line between gambling and gaming.
Anu Sirola   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A national public health programme on gambling policy development in New Zealand: insights from a process evaluation

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background In New Zealand, a public health programme on gambling policy development is part of a national gambling harm reduction and prevention strategy mandated by the Gambling Act 2003. Funded by the Ministry of Health, the programme directs workplace/
Komathi Kolandai-Matchett   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Positive Play: An Exploration of Playing Experiences and Responsible Gambling Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study is one of the first to explore in detail the behaviors, attitudes and motivations of players that show no signs of at-risk or problem gambling behavior (so-called ‘positive players’).
Griffiths, MD, Wood, RTA
core   +1 more source

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