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Missing In Action? Electronic Gaming Machines In Gambling Studies Research, Fiona J. Nicoll Dr, Mark R. Johnson Dr, Zachary S. Palmer Mr
Missing In Action? Electronic Gaming Machines In Gambling Studies Research, Fiona J. Nicoll Dr, Mark R. Johnson Dr, Zachary S. Palmer Mr
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
In the past thirty years casinos across the world have become dominated by the rise of “electronic gaming machines” (EGMs). Expanding with tremendous speed, this technology has arguably become the dominant form of non-online gambling around the world at time of writing (DeMichele, 2017; Schwartz, 2018). EGMs are also noted as being one of the most harmful forms of gambling, with significant numbers of players betting beyond their financial limits (MacLaren et al, 2012; Stewart & Wohl, 2013), spending a disproportionate amount of time playing (Cummings, 1999; Ballon, 2005; Schüll, 2012; cf. Dickerson, 1996), becoming disconnected from the world outside …