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Designing Payoffs for Some Probabilistic Gambling Games

Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 1999
Neal, David K., Swift, Randall J.
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Impact of lockdown on the addictive behavior of university students in La Rioja.

Adicciones, 2022
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 health crisis was the general lockdown. Research shows that lockdown situations may cause changes in addictive behaviors.
A. Pérez-Albéniz, C. Nuez, Beatriz Lucas-Molina, M. Ezquerra, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Children and Young People’s Experiences and Understandings of Gambling-Style Systems in Digital Games: Loot Boxes, Popular Culture, and Changing Childhoods

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2023
Developing current geographical debates on children’s digital geographies and popular culture, this article examines children and young people’s experiences and understandings of gambling-style systems in digital games.
Sarah Mills, J. Ash, Rachel Gordon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reto al ingenio probabilístico: una propuesta didáctica para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de las probabilidades

Ecomatemático, 2014
This research is oriented towards the use of unpublished games, as a methodological tool to support the teaching of probabilities, given by students of Statistics in Industrial Engineering from the National Experimental University of Táchira (UNET ...
Elizabeth Gandica-de-Roa
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Gambling in Digital Games and Esports: A Scoping Review

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2023
The convergence of gaming and gambling has become increasingly prominent in recent years, most notably in the context of esports. Consequently, there has been a recent surge of literature investigating this phenomenon. This convergence is often driven by
Topias Mattinen, Joseph Macey, Juho Hamari   +2 more
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Perceived stress moderates spending money on digital games and gambling: a nationwide study of Finnish adults

International Gambling Studies, 2023
People face numerous stressors in their life. Some engage in buying behavior as a way of relieving or coping with stress. Gambling and digital gaming are examples of popular past time activities that can distract from stressors and involve spending money.
I. Savolainen, N. Savela, Atte Oksanen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pathologic use of video games and gotivation. Can the Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS) predict depression and trait anxiety? [PDF]

, 2019
Videogaming is an increasingly prevalent activity among adolescents worldwide. The present study aimed at adapting the Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS) to the Italian context, assessing its psychometric properties and verifying its sensitivity to predict ...
Curcio, Giuseppe, Peracchia, Sara, Presaghi, Fabio   +2 more
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The neural basis of video gaming [PDF]

, 2011
Video game playing is a frequent recreational activity. Previous studies have reported an involvement of dopamine-related ventral striatum. However, structural brain correlates of video game playing have not been investigated.
S Kühn, A Romanowski, C Schilling, R Lorenz, C Mörsen, N Seiferth, T Banaschewski, A Barbot, G J Barker, C Büchel, P J Conrod, J W Dalley, H Flor, H Garavan, B Ittermann, K Mann, J-L Martinot, T Paus, M Rietschel, M N Smolka, A Ströhle, B Walaszek, G Schumann, A Heinz, J Gallinat, null null   +25 more
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Not all games are created equal: Adolescents who play and spend money on simulated gambling games show greater risk for gaming disorder.

Addictive Behaviours, 2022
Research reports positive associations between gaming disorder (GD) in adolescents and loot box purchasing but has not examined this relationship for other types of simulated gambling.
N. Hing, A. Russell, Daniel L. King, M. Rockloff, Matthew Browne, P. Newall, N. Greer   +6 more
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Adolescents Who Play and Spend Money in Simulated Gambling Games Are at Heightened Risk of Gambling Problems

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Simulated gambling, such as playing a virtual slot machine for points rather than money, is increasingly part of the online gaming experience for youth. This study aimed to examine (1) if youth participation in simulated gambling games is associated with
N. Hing, C. Dittman, A. Russell, Daniel L. King, M. Rockloff, Matthew Browne, P. Newall, N. Greer   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source