Social Gaming and Online Gambling

Schneider, Sue

doi:10.1089/glre.2012.16123

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“…Indeed, gambling operators have purchased, merged, and partnered with social casino gaming companies (Sapsted, 2013;Schneider, 2012). For example, International Game Technology (a Nevada-based company that designs and manufactures slot machines) purchased Double Down Casino (a social casino gaming company) for $500 million in 2012 (PR Newswire, 2012).…”

Section: Social Casino Games: a Primermentioning

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An Examination of the Relationship Between Social Casino Gaming and Gambling: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good

Wohl¹,

Salmon²,

Hollingshead³

et al. 2017

JGI

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Social casino games (i.e., free-to-play online gambling-themed games) are now ubiquitous on social network platforms such as Facebook. Their popularity and similarity to gambling games has raised concern that, among other things, social casino games will normalize gambling behaviour, which may contribute to gambling participation and to a rise in the rate of disordered gambling. Herein, we review theory and research that address potentially bad (migration to gambling) and ugly (increased rate of problem gambling) consequences of social casino gaming. We also outline the limits and boundaries of this presupposition. Specifically, we outline contexts in which social casino games may yield positive consequences when played, including the use of such games as a proxy for gambling among disordered gamblers. Drawing on these discussions, we offer a path model for gambling behaviour that places social casino gaming at its core. Although we, like others, present some pessimism regarding the outcome of social casino game play, this paper points to situations and motivations that may yield positive effects.

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Section: Social Casino Games: a Primermentioning

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An Examination of the Relationship Between Social Casino Gaming and Gambling: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good

Wohl¹,

Salmon²,

Hollingshead³

et al. 2017

JGI

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“…In fact, the Morgan Stanley Report (2012) explicitly stated that the migration of social casino gamers to online gambling is likely a focus of gambling operators. Indeed, gambling operators have begun purchasing, merging or partnering with social casino gaming companies (Sapsted, 2013; Schneider, 2012). Additionally, there has been a steady increase in advertisements for online gambling sites on Facebook (Gainsbury, Hing, Delfabbro, Dewart, & King, 2015), including during social casino game play (Parke et al., 2013).…”

Section: Convergence Of Gambling and Social Mediamentioning

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From the mouths of social media users: A focus group study exploring the social casino gaming–online gambling link

Kim¹,

Wohl²,

Gupta³

et al. 2016

J Behav Addict

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Background and aimsThe potential link between social casino gaming and online gambling has raised considerable concerns among clinicians, researchers and policy makers. Unfortunately, however, there is a paucity of research examining this potential link, especially among young adults. This represents a significant gap given young adults are frequently exposed to and are players of social casino games.MethodsTo better understand the potential link between social casino games and online gambling, we conducted three focus groups (N = 30) at two large Canadian Universities with college students who were avid social media users (who are regularly exposed to social casino games).ResultsMany participants spontaneously mentioned that social casino games were a great opportunity to build gambling skills before playing for real money. Importantly, some participants expressed a belief that there is a direct progression from social casino gaming to online gambling. Conversely, others believed the transition to online gambling depended on a person’s personality, rather than mere exposure to social casino games. While many young adults in our focus groups felt immune to the effects of social casino games, there was a general consensus that social casino games may facilitate the transition to online gambling among younger teenagers (i.e., 12–14 yr olds), due to the ease of accessibility and early exposure.DiscussionThe results of the present research point to the need for more study on the effects of social casino gambling as well as a discussion concerning regulation of social casino games in order to minimize their potential risks.

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“…Industry estimates suggest that only 2% of social casino gamers spend any money on a monthly basis (Morgan Stanley, 2012). There has been a large amount of convergence between the social casino gaming and Internet gambling industries in an attempt to consolidate skills and convert some of the vast number of social casino gamers to real money gamblers (King et al, 2010;Schneider, 2012).…”

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“…Examples includes Internet and landbased gambling companies purchasing or partnering with social casino game operators, for example IGT's purchase of Double Down social casino for US$500 million and the merger of bWin and PartyPoker to create bWin.Party (Schneider, 2012). Where regulation permits, social casino game operators may begin to offer gambling opportunities on what was previously a social game.…”

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“…Where regulation permits, social casino game operators may begin to offer gambling opportunities on what was previously a social game. This has occurred in the UK with the launch of Bingo Friendzy and ZyngaPlus through Facebook (Schneider, 2012). Critically, although social casino games may look like a replication of a real gambling activity that can be played without spending any money, the underlying game mechanics are typically very different.…”

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An investigation of social casino gaming among land-based and Internet gamblers: A comparison of socio-demographic characteristics, gambling and co-morbidities

Gainsbury

Russell

Hing

2014

Computers in Human Behavior

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Social Gaming and Online Gambling

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An Examination of the Relationship Between Social Casino Gaming and Gambling: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good

An Examination of the Relationship Between Social Casino Gaming and Gambling: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good

From the mouths of social media users: A focus group study exploring the social casino gaming–online gambling link

An investigation of social casino gaming among land-based and Internet gamblers: A comparison of socio-demographic characteristics, gambling and co-morbidities

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