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Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres
Electronic Bingo games have recently appeared in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres. Here we summarize the characteristics of this novel form of electronic gambling, and give a detailed characterization of one game. We contend that these games have structural characteristics that make them similar to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9557-y |
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author | Harrigan, Kevin Brown, Dan MacLaren, Vance |
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description | Electronic Bingo games have recently appeared in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres. Here we summarize the characteristics of this novel form of electronic gambling, and give a detailed characterization of one game. We contend that these games have structural characteristics that make them similar to modern Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs) that feature multiline slots games. These features include a fast and continuous gaming experience, with player adjustable win size and reinforcement rate, a high frequency of losses disguised as wins, and highly salient near misses. Some of these games also have bonus rounds and provide players with a list of recent wins. We conclude that provincial and state gaming authorities should be aware that the placement of Bingo EGMs in existing Bingo facilities may increase problem gambling among an already well-established community of Bingo enthusiasts. |
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spelling | pubmed-46395792015-11-12 Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres Harrigan, Kevin Brown, Dan MacLaren, Vance Int J Ment Health Addict Article Electronic Bingo games have recently appeared in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres. Here we summarize the characteristics of this novel form of electronic gambling, and give a detailed characterization of one game. We contend that these games have structural characteristics that make them similar to modern Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs) that feature multiline slots games. These features include a fast and continuous gaming experience, with player adjustable win size and reinforcement rate, a high frequency of losses disguised as wins, and highly salient near misses. Some of these games also have bonus rounds and provide players with a list of recent wins. We conclude that provincial and state gaming authorities should be aware that the placement of Bingo EGMs in existing Bingo facilities may increase problem gambling among an already well-established community of Bingo enthusiasts. Springer US 2015-05-01 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4639579/ /pubmed/26568707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9557-y Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Harrigan, Kevin Brown, Dan MacLaren, Vance Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title | Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title_full | Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title_fullStr | Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title_full_unstemmed | Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title_short | Gamble While You Gamble: Electronic Games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres |
title_sort | gamble while you gamble: electronic games in ontario charitable gaming centres |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9557-y |
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