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Video game loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling
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Video games are increasingly exposing young players to randomized in-game reward mechanisms, purchasable for real money — so-called loot boxes. Do loot boxes constitute a form of gambling?
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- Authors
- Drummond, A., & Sauer, J. D.
- Venue
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Published
- 2018-06-18
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 530-532
- ISSN
- 2397-3374 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2807736098
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 32.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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