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Published · 2020

Skill gambling machines and electronic gaming machines: participation, erroneous beliefs, and understanding of outcomes

Gainsbury, S. M., Philander, K., & Grattan, G.

International Gambling Studies, 20(3), 500-514

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Examines who plays skill-based gambling machines and how well they understand them. In an online survey, players tended to be younger, gamble more frequently on some other products, and report greater gambling problems. Experience with the machines did not translate into better objective understanding.

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Gainsbury, S. M., Philander, K., & Grattan, G. (2020). Skill gambling machines and electronic gaming machines: participation, erroneous beliefs, and understanding of outcomes. International Gambling Studies, 20(3), 500-514.