We bet you don’t know everything about gambling and lootboxes and all the crazy stuff that happens in esports. Joseph Macey, finalising his PhD at the Gamification Group in Tampere Finland, discusses his research on the complex topic of gambling in esports. He also discusses his paper: Macey, J., & Hamari, J. (2019). eSports, skins and loot boxes: Participants, practices and problematic behaviour associated with emergent forms of gambling. New Media & Society, 21(1), 20-41. Feel free to email him for a copy.
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