Non-compliance with and non-enforcement of UK loot box industry self-regulation on the Apple App Store: a longitudinal study on poor implementation [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceLoot boxes in video games can be purchased with real-world money in exchange for random rewards. Stakeholders are concerned about loot boxes’ similarities to gambling and their potential harms (e.g.
Leon Y. Xiao, Mie Lange Lund
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Regulating gambling-like video game loot boxes: a public health framework comparing industry self-regulation, existing national legal approaches, and other potential approaches [PDF]
, 2022 Purpose of Review Loot boxes are gambling-like monetisation mechanics in video games that are purchased for opportunities to obtain randomised in-game rewards.
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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of Risky Loot Box Index (RLI) and cross-sectional investigation among gamers of China [PDF]
PeerJNowadays, many of the top-selling video games include options to purchase loot boxes as paid virtual items. As research progressed, loot boxes have been found to have similar characteristics to gambling, and there has been an ongoing debate as to whether
Peidong Guo +5 more
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No effect of short term exposure to gambling like reward systems on post game risk taking [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Is engaging with gambling-like video game rewards a risk factor for future gambling? Despite speculation, there are no direct experimental tests of this “gateway hypothesis”.
Nicholas J. D’Amico +6 more
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Associations between alcohol consumption and spending on gambling like mechanisms in video games [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLoot boxes are purchasable digital containers in video games that hold randomised rewards. Many loot boxes meet both psychological and legal criteria for gambling.
Lucy C. East +5 more
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An Evaluation of Gaming-Related Harms in Relation to Gaming Disorder and Loot Box Involvement. [PDF]
Int J Ment Health Addict, 2022 Carey PAK, Delfabbro P, King D.
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Loot boxes are again linked to problem gambling: Results of a replication study.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Loot boxes are items in video games that contain randomised contents and can be purchased with real-world money. Similarities between loot boxes and forms of gambling have led to questions about their legal status, and whether they should be regulated as
David Zendle, Paul Cairns
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A longitudinal replication study testing migration from video game loot boxes to gambling in British Columbia, Canada [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Loot boxes are randomized reward mechanics in modern video games that share features with conventional gambling products. Research studies have begun to test longitudinal patterns (“migration”) from engagement with loot boxes to gambling ...
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Loot box engagement: relationships with educational attainment, employment status and earnings in a cohort of 16 000 United Kingdom gamers. [PDF]
Addiction, 2022 Close J +4 more
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Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”
Addictive Behaviors, 2022 Loot boxes are purchasable items in video games with a chance-based outcome. They have attracted substantial attention from academics and legislators over recent years, partly because of associations between loot box engagement and problem gambling. Some researchers have suggested that loot boxes may act as a gateway into subsequent gambling and/or ...
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