Effect of within-session breaks in play on responsible gambling behaviour during sustained monetary losses

Parke, Adrian; Dickinson, Patrick; O’Hare, Louise; Wilson, Liam; Westerman-Hughes, Greg; Gerling, Kathrin

doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00567-5

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“…Finally, one breaks in play study (14%) suggested mixed responsible gambling impact [94]. The authors found that a three-minute break did increase the response latency between rounds for EGM players in the face of consistent losses.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Bartoš and Schimmack [32] constructed a z-curve on the original studies that were subjected to replication in the OSC, recovering an Observed Discovery Rate of . 94 [.46, .75]). The responsible product design literature has a greater tolerance for null results (or tests more true negatives), a slightly lower expected discovery rate (though the confidence intervals have considerable overlap), and a similar expected replicability rate.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability

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Objectives Systematic mapping of evaluations of tools and interventions that are intended to mitigate risks for gambling harm. Design Scoping Review and z-curve analysis (which estimates the average replicability of a body of literature). Search strategy We searched 7 databases. We also examined reference lists of included studies, as well as papers that cited included studies. Included studies described a quantitative empirical assessment of a game-based (i.e., intrinsic to a specific gambling product) structural feature, user-directed tool, or regulatory initiative to promote responsible gambling. At least two research assistants independently performed screening and extracted study characteristics (e.g., study design and sample size). One author extracted statistics for the z-curve analysis. Results 86 studies met inclusion criteria. No tools or interventions had unambiguous evidence of efficacy, but some show promise, such as within-session breaks in play. Pre-registration of research hypotheses, methods, and analytic plans was absent until 2019, reflecting a recent embracement of open science practices. Published studies also inconsistently reported effect sizes and power analyses. The results of z-curve provide some evidence of publication bias, and suggest that the replicability of the responsible product design literature is uncertain but could be low. Conclusion Greater transparency and precision are paramount to improving the evidence base for responsible product design to mitigate gambling-related harm.

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Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability

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“…Evidence for the efficacy of mandatory breaks in real gambling is limited (Auer et al, 2019;Hopfgartner et al, 2021). Parke et al (2019) found that a mandatory break of 3 minutes did not reliably influence the number of rounds played. However, after a break, people overall initiated new rounds more slowly during a period of sustained losses, suggesting that breaks may reduce response speed.…”

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Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices

Chen,

Eben,

Verbruggen

2024

Behavioral Decision Making

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Failures to obtain rewards influence what people choose to do next and how quickly they execute a chosen action, which are two components of motivated behavior. For instance, in risky decisions, losses can induce faster responses and sometimes increase risk‐taking, which may lead to detrimental consequences in some situations (such as gambling). Pauses might reduce these motivational influences of prior outcomes. To examine this question, participants alternated between a guess game, in which they won or lost money, and a choice game, in which they chose between a high probability of winning a small amount of money and a low probability of winning a large amount of money. The pause between a guess and a choice game was made either short (0 or 300 ms) or long (3000 ms). In four experiments, prior outcomes consistently influenced decision speed, such that people chose faster after a loss than after a win. However, prior outcomes did not consistently influence people's choices. In contrast, pauses increased decision quality, such that participants chose the option with a higher expected value more often, without substantially reducing decision speed. Pauses may improve decision quality by influencing predecisional attention allocation to relevant information, as its effect was absent when the overall task attention was high (Experiment 3). These findings have implications for both safer gambling and risky decision research. Future work can examine the underlying computational and cognitive processes and the generalizability of these findings to other contexts and populations.

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“…Evidence for the efficacy of mandatory breaks in real gambling is limited (Auer et al, 2019;Hopfgartner et al, 2021). Parke et al (2019) found a mandatory break of 3 minutes did not reliably influence the number of rounds played. However, after a break, participants overall initiated new rounds more slowly during a period of sustained losses, suggesting that breaks may reduce response vigor.…”

Section: Pauses In Play: Do They Reduce Response Vigor and Risky Choi...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices

Chen

Eben

Verbruggen

2023

Preprint

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Failures to obtain rewards influence both the direction (choosing what to do) and intensity (response vigor) of subsequent motivated behavior. For instance, in risky decision-making, losses can induce faster responses ('intensity') and sometimes increase risk-taking ('direction'), which may lead to detrimental consequences. Pauses might reduce these motivational influences of prior outcomes. To examine this question, participants (from the general population on Prolific.co in 2022 and 2023) alternated between a guess game, in which they won or lost money, and a choice game, in which they chose between two risky options. The pause between a guess and a choice game was either short (0 or 300 milliseconds) or long (3000 milliseconds). In four experiments, prior outcomes consistently influenced decision speed, but not people’s choices. Contrarily, pauses increased decision quality (choosing the option with a higher expected value) without substantially reducing decision speed. Pauses may improve decision quality by increasing attention to relevant information, as its effect was absent when the overall task attention was increased (Experiment 3). These findings have implications for both responsible gambling and risky decision-making research. Future work can examine the underlying computational and cognitive processes, and the generalizability of these findings to other contexts and populations.

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Effect of within-session breaks in play on responsible gambling behaviour during sustained monetary losses

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability

Responsible product design to mitigate excessive gambling: A scoping review and z-curve analysis of replicability

Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices

Differential effects of prior outcomes and pauses on the speed and quality of risky choices

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