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Gamblification

Also: gamblification of games

The migration of gambling structures and aesthetics into mainstream digital games.

Gamblification describes how chance-based reward, wagering aesthetics, and monetised risk have spread from gambling into ordinary games — blurring the boundary that regulation has historically relied on and raising public-health concerns.

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References

  1. Brock, T.; Johnson, M. R. (2021). The gamblification of digital games. Journal of Consumer Culture. doi.org/10.1177/1469540521993904 · citing patterns