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WVU psychologist ‘reverse engineers’ slot mac - EurekAlert


A West Virginia University researcher is studying slot machines to determine what makes them a potentially addictive form of gambling. To do so, she will spend the next two years “reverse engineering” certain structural characteristics of the machines to find out what makes them an immersive product. Her research is supported by the International Center for Responsible Gaming.

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