What are the odds? Poor compliance with UK loot box probability disclosure industry self-regulation.
Loot boxes are purchased in video games to obtain randomised rewards of varying value and are thus psychologically akin to gambling. Disclosing the probabilities of obtaining loot box rewards may reduce overspending, in a similar vein to related disclosure approaches in gambling. Presently, this con...
Main Authors: | Leon Y Xiao, Laura L Henderson, Philip W S Newall |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286681 |
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