Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling

Aaron Drummond^{1

2}, James D Sauer^{3

4}, Lauren C Hall^{5

3}, David Zendle⁶, Malcolm R Loudon⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand. a.drummond@massey.ac.nz.
² International Media Psychology Laboratory, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand. a.drummond@massey.ac.nz.
³ International Media Psychology Laboratory, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand.
⁴ Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁵ School of Psychology, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK.

Aaron Drummond et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;4(10):986-988.

doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0900-3.

Aaron Drummond^{1

2}, James D Sauer^{3

4}, Lauren C Hall^{5

3}, David Zendle⁶, Malcolm R Loudon⁵

¹ School of Psychology, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand. a.drummond@massey.ac.nz.
² International Media Psychology Laboratory, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand. a.drummond@massey.ac.nz.
³ International Media Psychology Laboratory, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand.
⁴ Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁵ School of Psychology, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK.

Erratum in

Author Correction: Why loot boxes could be regulated as gambling.
Drummond A, Sauer JD, Hall LC, Zendle D, Loudon MR. Drummond A, et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 Jun;5(6):802. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-00933-5. Nat Hum Behav. 2021. PMID: 32782389 No abstract available.

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