[fideloper]

I might just be too dumb to read even an abstract, but it sounds like they said "meh idk, no strong evidence"

(also curious if they'd call going hard on crypto / options "gambling" or not :P, which might be more about how hard it is to get ahead in todays economy than playing games as a kid, but that point is a very hard digression from what we're talking about here).

[SirFatty]

They're not talking about playing Mario Kart, but more about things like loot boxes, which really is akin to gambling.

"Loot boxes have come under fire from lawmakers and regulators around the world who claim selling random chances at rare or coveted in-game items is akin to gambling."

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/22295676/epic-games-fortn...

[ludicrousdispla]

As someone who doesn't gamble, I have no idea how to interpret this statement:

>> online gaming at 17 was associated with 1.4 higher odds of more frequent online gambling at 20 years