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Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling
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Drummond, A, Sauer, JD 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0872-3647, Hall, LC, Zendle, D and Loudon, MR 2020
, 'Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling'
, Nature Human Behaviour
, doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0900-3.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0872-3647, Hall, LC, Zendle, D and Loudon, MR 2020
, 'Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling'
, Nature Human Behaviour
, doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0900-3.
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Abstract
Do purchasable randomised reward mechanisms in video games (loot boxes) constitute gambling? Opinions often rest on whether virtual items obtained from loot boxes have real-world value. Using market data from real transactions, we show that virtual items have real-world monetary value and therefore could be regulated under existing gambling legislation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Authors/Creators: | Drummond, A and Sauer, JD and Hall, LC and Zendle, D and Loudon, MR |
| Keywords: | videogames, loot boxes, gambling |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Human Behaviour |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2397-3374 |
| DOI / ID Number: | 10.1038/s41562-020-0900-3 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright 2020 The Authors |
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