Game-bling: When Gaming Meets Gambling

Game-bling: When Gaming Meets Gambling

During this webinar, we will discuss how technology has changed the gambling industry and how the lines between gambling and gaming.

By Youth Gambling Awareness Program

Date and time

Thursday, July 11 · 9 - 10am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

    From playing claw machines to opening card packs or loot boxes in video games, youth have access to gambling even though they may not be of legal age to gamble. This webinar addresses the blurred lines between gambling and gaming, explores in-game currencies and the reduced ‘pain of paying’ associated with the use of representations of money in micro-transactions, and discusses warning signs and strategies to reduce the harms associated with gambling and gaming.


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    Youth Gambling Awareness Program

    Youth Gambling Awareness Program provides education about emerging gambling opportunities and strategies to reduce gambling harms and set healthy.

    Visit YGAP’s website or reply to this message if you would like to book a free workshop and learn more about the topic of gambling and gaming.

    Le Programe de Sensibilization au Jeu chez les Jeunes (PSJJ) fournit une éducation sur les opportunités de jeu émergentes et les stratégies pour réduire les méfaits du jeu et rester en bonne santé.