Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?

James Close*, Stuart Gordon Spicer, Laura Louise Nicklin, Maria Uther, Joanne Lloyd, Helen Lloyd

*Corresponding author for this work

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    62 Citations (SciVal)
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number106851
    JournalAddictive Behaviors
    Volume117
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - Jun 2021

    Funding

    This work was supported by funding from the charity Gamble Aware, with JC being further supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West Peninsula.

    Keywords

    • Loot boxes
    • Problem gambling
    • Video games

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