Sunday, 9 December 2018

Gambling: ‘loot boxes’ in video games could be conditioning children

Gambling: ‘loot boxes’ in video games could be conditioning children

The number of children with gambling problems has “quadrupled to more than 50,000 in just two years”, according to recent reports. The alarming figures come from the UK Gambling Commission’s latest annual statistics, which showed that the prevalence of problem gambling among children had risen to 1.7%, compared with 0.4% in 2016 and 0.9% in 2017.

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