Ke Zhang, Jason D Rights, Xiaolei Deng, Tilman Lesch, Luke Clark
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study characterized chasing behaviour as the time to return to an online gambling website after a losing or a winning visit. METHODS: We analyzed a naturalistic dataset from an eCasino (PlayNow.com, the provincial platform for British Columbia, Canada), comprising 1,909,681 sessions from 15,544 individuals. Analyses distinguished sessions on slot machines, blackjack, roulette, video poker, probability games, or mixed-category sessions. RESULTS: Overall, gamblers on most games returned more slowly as a function of the prior loss, and more quickly as a function of the prior win...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Behavioral Addictions