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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Increased user engagement on YouTube for loot box content and its potential relevance for behavioural addictions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsVideo games frequently contain loot boxes, i.e. virtual in-game items sharing structural similarities with gambling. On YouTube©, there are multi-million subscriber channels prominently featuring loot box-related content.
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Loot box purchasing and indebtedness: The role of psychosocial factors and problem gambling [PDF]
Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2023 Introduction: Loot boxes are increasingly common random-reward monetization mechanisms in digital games. They are popular among gamblers and pose various risks due to their gambling-like nature, but little is known about psychosocial vulnerabilities and ...
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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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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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Exploring the relationships between psychological variables and loot box engagement, part 2: exploratory analyses of complex relationships [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceIn a pre-registered survey linked to this paper (Exploring the relationships between psychological variables and loot box engagement, part 1: pre-registered hypotheses), we confirmed bivariate associations between engagement with loot boxes (purchasable ...
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Does the loot box open the door to addiction? A case report of gaming disorder with high charges for loot box purchases [PDF]
PCN ReportsBackground A loot box is a gaming term for an electronic lottery that randomly provides items that enhance the gaming experience. In recent years, loot boxes have been increasingly discussed as a risk factor of gaming disorder (GD).
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Loot box addiction:a study on loot boxes and their relationship to gambling [PDF]
, 2022 . In the year 2019 there has been a notable discussion in the gaming community that has revolved largely around the topic of loot boxes and their connections to gambling and gambling addictions.
Röning, N. (Niko)
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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
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What are the odds? Poor compliance with UK loot box probability disclosure industry self-regulation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Loot boxes are purchased in video games to obtain randomised rewards of varying value and are thus psychologically akin to gambling. Disclosing the probabilities of obtaining loot box rewards may reduce overspending, in a similar vein to related ...
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