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Using Icon Arrays to Communicate Gambling Information Reduces the Appeal of Scratch Card Games.
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Journal of Gambling Studies . Mar2023, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p363-382. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Past work has demonstrated that presenting statistical information in a foreground–background icon array can improve risk understanding, reduce decision-making biases, and decrease the salience of low-probability risks. In the present study, we assess whether presenting readily available gambling information within a foreground–background icon array influences individuals' gambling-related judgments (e.g., their perceived likelihood of winning a prize). Across two experiments (N = 1151), we find that using icon arrays to present gambling information reduces the appeal of scratch card games. That is, participants presented with gambling information in a foreground–background icon array, as opposed to a non-graphical numerical format, reported feeling less likely to win a prize, less excitement to play, and less urge to gamble on a scratch card game presented in a hypothetical gambling task. Overall, we conclude that presenting gambling information in an icon array format represents a simple yet promising tool for correcting gamblers' often overly-optimistic perceptions and reducing the appeal of negative expected value scratch card games. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GAMBLING
*COMPULSIVE gambling
*GAMBLING behavior
*STATISTICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10505350
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Gambling Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162205373
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10103-5