Deceptive design features of online gambling platforms with Philip Newall

About this episode

Dr Tsen Vei Lim interviews Dr Philip Newall about deceptive design features in online gambling platforms.

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Philip Newall, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK. The interview covers Philip’s opinion and debate article on sludge, dark patterns and dark nudges: a taxonomy of online gambling platforms’ deceptive design features. The rationale behind Philip’s article [01:16] A background on the policy landscape associated with online gambling platforms [06:40] The three features that online gambling platforms use [09:18] The implications of these features for policymakers [14:30] The implications of these features for the gambling industry [17:22] The implications of these features for the people using online gambling platforms [19:46] The end goal of Philip’s research [21:24] About Tsen Vei Lim: Tsen Vei is an academic fellow supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, currently based at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. His research integrates computational modelling, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging to understand the neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviours. He holds a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Tsen Vei Lim

Guest: Dr Philip Newall

Topics covered

• online gambling
• deceptive design features
• dark patterns
• policy implications
• addictive behaviors

Keywords

• online gambling
• deceptive design
• dark nudges
• policy landscape
• addiction research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Bristol, Society for the Study of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, University of Stirling, Technical University of Munich, University of Warwick

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