Opening Pandora’s Loot Box: Weak Links Between Gambling and Loot Box Expenditure in China, and Player Opinions on Probability Disclosures and Pity-Timers
Leon Y. Xiao; Tullia C. Fraser; Philip Newall · 2022 · Journal of Gambling Studies
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“A preregistered survey of People's Republic of China (PRC) video game players (N = 879) failed to replicate this correlation.”
Abstract
Loot boxes are quasi-gambling virtual products in video games that provide randomised rewards of varying value. Previous studies in Western contexts have identified a positive correlation between loot box purchasing and problem gambling severity. A preregistered survey of People's Republic of China (PRC) video game players (N = 879) failed to replicate this correlation. We observed statistically significant but weak positive correlations between loot box expenditure and past-year gambling participation, and between loot box expenditure and impulsiveness. This study cannot prove that loot boxes
Abstract by Leon Y. Xiao; Tullia C. Fraser; Philip Newall, Journal of Gambling Studies (2022) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1007/s10899-022-10148-0