Loot Boxes and Gambling: Similarities and Dissimilarities in Risk and Protective Factors

This study uses data from large, random samples of American youth to regress both gambling and loot box purchasing (as well as purchasing other downloadable content) on previously established risk and protective factors of gambling. Results suggest that, aside from gender differences, loot boxes share little in common with traditional forms of gambling. The data also indicate that youth gamers are less likely to have purchased loot boxes in comparison to previously estimated adult gamer prevalence rates.

Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 7, 2020 Category: Addiction Source Type: research