BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:D15b3920v263305G636926 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260526T155200Z ORGANIZER;CN=School of Creative Media:mailto: DTSTART:20260626T000000 DTEND:20260626T000000 LOCATION:Senate Room, 19/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building (LAU), City University of Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Goto CAP message : https://cap.cityu.edu.hk/studentlan/postDetail.aspx?id=D15b3920v263305G636926\n\n\n \n The Gam(bl)ing Conference: Thinking Outside the Loot Box will take place on 28–29 September 2026 at the City University of Hong Kong. The conference welcomes research on topics including\, but not limited to\, loot boxes\, gacha games\, skin gambling\, social casino games\, gam(bl)ing advertising\, regulation\, youth protection\, and physical gambling-like products. We warmly invite researchers from game studies\, gambling studies\, psychology\, sociology\, law\, media and cultural studies\, and related fields to join the discussion!\n \n Call for papers:\n https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingcfp \n \n Important dates:\n Abstract submission deadline: 26 June 2026\n https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingsubmit \n Notification of acceptance: 20 July 2026\n Conference: 28–29 September 2026\n \n Extended abstract template\n https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingtemplate \n Submissions should be anonymised and will be reviewed by invited reviewers.\n \n Abstracts may address (but are not limited to) the following topics:\n Loot boxes\, e.g.\, player packs in sports simulation games\, card packs “Gacha” games\, e.g.\, parasocial character summoning Skin gambling Gam(bl)ing livestreaming\, e.g.\, slots and loot box and blind box openings Gam(bl)ing influencers\, e.g.\, affiliate marketing; Pokémon card resurgence Social casino games and so-called “simulated” gambling Gam(bl)ing advertising Video game monetisation and engagement\, e.g.\, battle pass and daily login Debating internet gaming disorder and video game addiction Gam(bl)ification of financial products\, e.g.\, stock trading\, Polymarket Physical gambling-like products\, e.g.\, blind boxes and card packs Regulatory compliance and implementation\, e.g.\, age restrictions Help and clinical services for gam(bl)ing-related harm Gaming industry adopting gambling industry practices (VIP services for “whales”) and vice versa Intersections between AI and gambling-related products Links between gam(bl)ing and crime\, e.g.\, cheating and money laundering Game integrity in gambling and (e)sports Normalisation of gambling amongst young people Geographical variability in gaming and gambling (e.g.\, variegated regulatory contexts and socio-cultural norms) \n Organiser\n Prof. Leon Y. Xiao\, City University of Hong Kong (leon.xiao@cityu.edu.hk)\n Leon is trained in English law and researches video game and gambling policy and regulation with a focus on empirical evaluations of compliance and implementation. Recent studies focused on using laws to access research data (e.g.\, social media advertising repositories enabled by the EU Digital Services Act). His research is often relied upon by policymakers and regulators globally. Leading media regularly feature his findings and commentary.\n \n Invited Speakers\n Aphra Kerr\, University College Dublin\, Ireland Philip Newall\, University of Bristol\, UK Elena Petrovskaya\, University of Cambridge\, UK Charlotte Eben\, University of British Columbia\, Canada & University of Cologne\, Germany Yaewon Jin\, Ewha Womans University\, South Korea Francisco J. Sanmartín\, Complutense University of Madrid\, Spain Aaron Drummond and Jim Sauer\, University of Tasmania\, Australia Luke Clark\, University of British Columbia\, Canada Harshdeep Mangat\, University of Gibraltar \n General Enquiry\n Please direct any questions to the organising team via cmpo.net@cityu.edu.hk .\n \n For more details\, please visit https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/the-gambling-conference \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Click here to CAP message

 

The Gam(bl)ing Conference: Thinking Outside the Loot Box will take place on 28–29 September 2026 at the City University of Hong Kong. The conference welcomes research on topics including, but not limited to, loot boxes, gacha games, skin gambling, social casino games, gam(bl)ing advertising, regulation, youth protection, and physical gambling-like products. We warmly invite researchers from game studies, gambling studies, psychology, sociology, law, media and cultural studies, and related fields to join the discussion!

 

Call for papers:

https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingcfp

 

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 26 June 2026

https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingsubmit

Notification of acceptance: 20 July 2026

Conference: 28–29 September 2026

 

Extended abstract template

https://tinyurl.com/thegamblingtemplate

Submissions should be anonymised and will be reviewed by invited reviewers.

 

Abstracts may address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

 

Organiser

Prof. Leon Y. Xiao, City University of Hong Kong (leon.xiao@cityu.edu.hk)

Leon is trained in English law and researches video game and gambling policy and regulation with a focus on empirical evaluations of compliance and implementation. Recent studies focused on using laws to access research data (e.g., social media advertising repositories enabled by the EU Digital Services Act). His research is often relied upon by policymakers and regulators globally. Leading media regularly feature his findings and commentary.

 

Invited Speakers

 

General Enquiry

Please direct any questions to the organising team via cmpo.net@cityu.edu.hk.

 

For more details, please visit https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/the-gambling-conference

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