From loot boxes to gambling addiction: experts warn video games open door to betting | JordsBaker & jameslemon
Video games in which players spend money on in-built games of chance can be a gateway to gambling because they acclimatise young people to habitual use and erode their sense of caution, a coalition of experts in screen addiction has warned.
“There is evidence emerging that these monetised forms of video games represent an entry into online gambling,” Saunders said. The evidence includes a literature review published this year which looked at 19 studies. It identified links between loot boxes and problem gambling, and recommended that purchasing loot boxes be classified as a form of gambling.Loot boxes are virtual containers that, when opened in a game, give the user items such as weapons or powers. Occasionally, they are valuable, usually they are useless; the player finds out when they are opened. In some games, players can pay for loot boxes.
The alliance’s main mission is to lobby governments for more services to help people addicted to gaming, citing the new gaming addiction clinic at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth as a model for other states.
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