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

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106851

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

University of Plymouth
University of Wolverhampton
Psychology

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Original language	English
Article number	106851
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106851
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Jun 2021

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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.

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Loot boxes
Problem gambling
Video games

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