Discussions about the potential for loot boxes to be considered as a form of gambling have maintained a consistent presence over the last few years, entering the mainstream primarily as a result of EA’s launch of Battlefront 2 in late 2017[7]. Since then there have...
Gambling connected to esports and video games is big business, with current estimates valuing the market at several billion $US a year. Until now there has been little evidence, beyond anecdote, as to who participates in these new forms of gambling and how they play....
In the last few days and weeks the relationship between digital games and gambling has become a topic of interest to mainstream society with both national media and politicians debating the topic 4, 30. This is the latest aspect that has seen increased attention placed on the...