The relationship between problem gambling, excessive gaming, psychological distress and spending on loot boxes in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the United States-A cross-national survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Loot boxes are digital containers of randomised rewards available in many video games. Due to similarities between some loot boxes and traditional forms of gambling, concerns regarding the relationship between spending on loot boxes in video games and ...
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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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Measuring loot box consumption and negative consequences: Psychometric investigation of a Swedish version of the Risky Loot Box Index [PDF]
Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022 Loot boxes are products in videogames that is earned by playing a video game or by buying them. Loot boxes has similar mechanisms as a lottery and there is an ongoing debate if loot boxes are gambling.
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Video game loot boxes are linked to problem gambling: Results of a large-scale survey. [PDF]
PLoS 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.
David Zendle, Paul Cairns
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Adolescents and loot boxes: links with problem gambling and motivations for purchase [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Loot boxes are items in video games that can be paid for with real-world money but contain randomized contents. Many games that feature loot boxes are played by adolescents.
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What Drives Demand for Loot Boxes? An Experimental Study [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023 The market for video games is booming, with in-game purchases accounting for a substantial share of developers’ revenues. Policymakers and the general public alike are concerned that so-called “loot boxes” — lotteries that offer random rewards to be used
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Legal Nature of Loot Boxes under Russian Law
Цифровое правоCurrently, the legal nature of loot boxes, as well as issues related to their legal regulation, remain largely unexamined in domestic doctrine. Nevertheless, this topic is of legitimate interest to society, since, as the practice of developers using this
A. I. Rusanova
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What's in the box? Exploring UK players' experiences of loot boxes in games; the conceptualisation and parallels with gambling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Loot boxes are a popular mechanic within many video games, but it remains unclear if some forms of loot boxes can be seen of as gambling. However, the perspectives of players are often neglected, such as whether they see them as 'fair' game elements and ...
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Surprisingly high prevalence rates of severe psychological distress among consumers who purchase loot boxes in video games [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Loot boxes are randomised rewards available in some video games, often purchasable for real-world money. Loot boxes have been likened to conventional forms of gambling and may satisfy legal requirements to be considered bona fide gambling in some ...
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A scoping review of the association between loot boxes, esports, skin betting, and token wagering with gambling and video gaming behaviors. [PDF]
J Behav Addict, 2023 Background and aims Many new digital gambling-like activities such as loot boxes, esports betting, skin betting, and token wagering have recently emerged and grown in popularity.
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