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Gambling addicts have shared how the coronavirus pandemic has made it harder to battle their addiction.
During the initial lockdown, Britain’s largest betting firms agreed to end all television and radio gambling advertising for six weeks, but this has not been repeated since.
Alex, a 41-year-old addict, said: “When I’m sat at home now, every other advert will be for gambling, it’s just everywhere during lockdown.”
Damage
Alex previously battled with drug and alcohol addiction, but he said recovering from his gambling habit has been more difficult as betting is harder to avoid.
Jordan, not his real name, used online gambling more than usual during lockdown when betting shops were closed.
Original story: Links between loot boxes and gambling have been robustly verified by a new report commissioned by GambleAware, a UK charity aiming at reducing gambling-related harms.
The report, conducted by the University of Plymouth and the University of Wolverhampton ahead of the upcoming Gambling Act review, consolidated results from a dozen studies and found that loot boxes are structurally and psychologically akin to gambling.
Looking at 7,771 loot box purchasers, the report showed around half of the revenue generated by loot boxes worth £700 million total in the UK in 2020 comes from 5% of buyers. A third of these gamers were found to fall into the problem gambler category (PGSI 8+) establishing a significant correlation between loot box expenditure and problem gambling scores, GambleAware said.
Loot boxes reported structurally and psychologically akin to gambling
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