Gambling content in Facebook games: A common phenomenon?

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Highlights:

• We compare Facebook games developer on their gambling offer.

• We quantify and describe gambling content in the most popular Facebook games.

• The majority of Facebook games include gambling content.

• Offering gambling as a Facebook games developer is not linked with the presence of gambling content in Facebook games.

摘要

•We compare Facebook games developer on their gambling offer.•We quantify and describe gambling content in the most popular Facebook games.•The majority of Facebook games include gambling content.•Offering gambling as a Facebook games developer is not linked with the presence of gambling content in Facebook games.

论文关键词:Gambling content,Gaming,Facebook games,Game developer

论文评审过程:Received 12 October 2015, Revised 24 November 2015, Accepted 2 December 2015, Available online 20 December 2015, Version of Record 20 December 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.010