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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2023

Using Icon Arrays to Communicate Gambling Information Reduces the Appeal of Scratch Card Games.

Alexander C Walker, Madison Stange, Mike J Dixon, Jonathan A Fugelsang, Derek J Koehler

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Alexander C WalkerDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. a24walke@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-6770
Madison StangeDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Mike J DixonDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Jonathan A FugelsangDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Derek J KoehlerDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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Behavior, AddictiveGamblingEmotionsHumansJudgmentRewardDecision aidsGamblingGraphical depictionIcon arraysScratch cards

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PMID35044578

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