Ever thought of doing your thesis on Gambling ?

[fiulpro]

According to this article, the Dutch Gambling Authority have awarded 4000€ to students for two Gambling Related thesis.

Leonard Delank, a master’s student at the University of Groningen and Newcastle University, wrote a paper on loot boxes; items that feature in many video games and offer players a random reward.
In his thesis, Delank drew on the theories of 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who argued that people have a moral obligation to do the right thing.
Ultimately, he came to the conclusion that loot boxes are not ethical. For his paper, the KSA awarded Delank €2,500

I think in the paper there were few points that were really interesting, most of the times physicians do categorize the gambling addiction into mental disorder but some might accidentally compare it to the OCD. Whereas it claimed how the gamblers who are addicted are 'too uncertain' therefore should be treated seperate from the OCD patients. Apparently the mentality lied in being sensitive to rewards, overconfidence, overestimation as well.

I think it's a wise article and should be taken as a reference when any medical help is being provided to gamblers and at the same time gamblers should also take a note and understand the psychology better.

Would you ever consider doing your research in Gambling? https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/16389/ksa-awards-4000-to-students-for-gambling-theses

[Boristhecat]

The KSA also gave an honourable mention to Damiaan Reijnaers for his bachelor’s thesis on the use of artificial intelligence in poker.

Hahahaha.

For me, it looks like one real paper with really complex and interesting material received "Thank you", and two papers with obviously less usefulness (one is completely garbage - reasoning about ethics) received cash prizes.

If I were doing research in gambling, it would rather be research in mathematics (including AI) or something similar (tangible), but not this empty demagogy about ethics.

[KTChampions]

Eh. 2500 euros for reasoning about ethics  Of course, I would like to do such "research" if I received such payment on a regular basis 
It's funny that the issue with loot boxes has long been resolved in many countries from a legal point of view (they are recognized as gambling), but for some reason there is a discussion about ethics.

[CaVO32]

The KSA also gave an honourable mention to Damiaan Reijnaers for his bachelor’s thesis on the use of artificial intelligence in poker.

Hahahaha.

For me, it looks like one real paper with really complex and interesting material received "Thank you", and two papers with obviously less usefulness (one is completely garbage - reasoning about ethics) received cash prizes.

If I were doing research in gambling, it would rather be research in mathematics (including AI) or something similar (tangible), but not this empty demagogy about ethics.

We don't know anymore what standard they have in the academic community, maybe, it depends on how they sell the topic to the audience. Thus, receiving cash prize for maybe simple topics discussed. We can't blame the students, because it depends on the judging group here. We don't know their reasons why they feel they need to give cash rewards for these topics. Maybe, there's no better topics in the competition. 

[noormcs5]

If I were doing research in gambling, it would rather be research in mathematics (including AI) or something similar (tangible), but not this empty demagogy about ethics.

Does even AI works in gambling ? AI may work on sports betting where you have some date to analysis but in casino gambling, even an AI and/or a robot will fail to come up with any meaningful results.
By the way, i never heard of thesis on Gambling , although thesis on AI video games is a completely different thing.

[KTChampions]

We don't know anymore what standard they have in the academic community, maybe, it depends on how they sell the topic to the audience. Thus, receiving cash prize for maybe simple topics discussed. We can't blame the students, because it depends on the judging group here. We don't know their reasons why they feel they need to give cash rewards for these topics. Maybe, there's no better topics in the competition. 

Of course we know  All these "standards of the academic community" are complete bullshit and hypocrisy. The one who pays the money can get any desired result from the "scientists" as we have seen even in very serious topics. Now science is inseparable from politics, and therefore has little value if it is treated from the point of view of common sense.

[paxmao]

It would be quite interesting and I am sure there must be already a number of scientific studies around gambling. I am sure the casinos have requested and financed this type of works, just like McDonalds has perfect knowledge of the views of its clients and has carefully designed all the products. I think the field is certainly still open with the gambling on-line to economic, psicological or other studies.

[qwertyup23]

It would be quite interesting and I am sure there must be already a number of scientific studies around gambling. I am sure the casinos have requested and financed this type of works, just like McDonalds has perfect knowledge of the views of its clients and has carefully designed all the products. I think the field is certainly still open with the gambling on-line to economic, psicological or other studies.

If ever we create a topic or a thesis about gambling, it has to be something that has not been discussed yet. Like something that can actually contribute knowledge to the gambling industry/sphere since there are already lots of studies with regard to gambling, in general.

Like what you also mentioned, creating a thesis about gambling requires time, effort, and resources on your end. It has to be something worthwhile- something that will bring benefit to the public as it will definitely outweigh your personal needs for them.

[goaldigger]

If you’re a curious one and finding for the answer, you can really have this kind of topic but of course you must be on a legal age so you can get datas that you may needed in order for you to accomplish this topic. This is an interesting one, you just need to know the scope of your study to lessen the respondents. Doing your Thesis is one of the big challenges in your student career, if the University acknowledge it and even give you a reward, most probably you really down a great job.

[magneto]

Oh, there are a ton of them.

A lot of smart people are looking at arbitrage betting, expected value, etc.

But most of them are highly technical and not going to make sense for the average Joe for them to take advantage of. And certainly someone without a rigorous mathematical background would not be able to come up with these theorems in the first place.

[DoublerHunter]

If you’re a curious one and finding for the answer, you can really have this kind of topic but of course you must be on a legal age so you can get datas that you may needed in order for you to accomplish this topic. This is an interesting one, you just need to know the scope of your study to lessen the respondents. Doing your Thesis is one of the big challenges in your student career, if the University acknowledge it and even give you a reward, most probably you really down a great job.

^ Definitely right, I remember before when I was in college solving a thesis is really hard, it needs your full time and focuses on it so that you can defend your thesis and I think it is very hard if it is a thesis in gambling. You must know the fundamentals to the technical function of the gambling casino and it should be there is a lot of research that you must do. The 2500 euro seems quite big and probably that will push me to finish the thesis earlier than the expected date.

[Fatunad]

If you’re a curious one and finding for the answer, you can really have this kind of topic but of course you must be on a legal age so you can get datas that you may needed in order for you to accomplish this topic. This is an interesting one, you just need to know the scope of your study to lessen the respondents. Doing your Thesis is one of the big challenges in your student career, if the University acknowledge it and even give you a reward, most probably you really down a great job.

^ Definitely right, I remember before when I was in college solving a thesis is really hard, it needs your full time and focuses on it so that you can defend your thesis and I think it is very hard if it is a thesis in gambling. You must know the fundamentals to the technical function of the gambling casino and it should be there is a lot of research that you must do. The 2500 euro seems quite big and probably that will push me to finish the thesis earlier than the expected date.

Its a wide scope honestly when you do touch up the topic or subject of gambling but i did see back into those college days about this thesis where they had successfully defended it.
If you are really that having determination in terms of researching in every corner or aspect of gambling then i dont see for it to be that hard but of course it would
really be still needing that effort which it do really requires just same as usual when it comes to thesis which all of us  would be experiencing.

[Scripture]

I’ve heard one as well but it only tackles a little portion about gambling. I believe its good to have topic on specific games in gambling, by this you can give more information about it especially the pros and cons. Its good to see students getting more interested in gambling but of course to learn first before trying. If you’re into gambling, reading this thesis can be a big help.

[goinmerry]

Why not?

However, I'm old enough to take a shot about it.

Gambling is a good subject for a thesis, however, we can't just choose random topics for a future thesis. At least here in our country, a thesis should be based on and related to the college course we take.

Games, metaverse games, gambling games - seem a good idea to pick up.

[uneng]

Leonard Delank, a master’s student at the University of Groningen and Newcastle University, wrote a paper on loot boxes; items that feature in many video games and offer players a random reward.
In his thesis, Delank drew on the theories of 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who argued that people have a moral obligation to do the right thing.
Ultimately, he came to the conclusion that loot boxes are not ethical. For his paper, the KSA awarded Delank €2,500

I think the article lacks important details for further understanding the awarded thesis. Why aren't loot boxes ethical? Maybe because some people win legendary prizes, while others win common, uncommon rewards? Well, people know the odds and still want to play by the rules. What is wrong with that? It's up to each person to decide to play or not. There is nothing moral or immoral on that, since there isn't cheating.

Channah Osinga, a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, analysed data from 28 gambling addicts for her bachelor’s thesis.

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“OCD is in a sense the opposite of a gambling addiction. People with OCD are too uncertain,” said Osinga, adding: “They don’t trust their previous choices.

Not every cases of gambling addiction are the same. The addiction can be a symptom of obsessive compulsive disorder or not. There are gamblers who are constantly uncertain and fearful, with no confidence when playing, but they just keep clicking the 'roll' button, because they can't avoid doing this due to compulsiveness.

The thesis has a point, but shouldn't be concluded as a generalization of gambling addiction theme.

[BitcoinAccepted]

If the gambling is applicable with my course, why not? But it seems that it is most likely for psychology students who are doing their undergrad or post-grad papers since the gambling or gambling addiction is more connected to mental health issue. It is just a surprise that he gets money from his research.

[Jemzx00]

If the gambling is applicable with my course, why not? But it seems that it is most likely for psychology students who are doing their undergrad or post-grad papers since the gambling or gambling addiction is more connected to mental health issue. It is just a surprise that he gets money from his research.

If you will be able to come up with any kind of topics that is related with gambling such as games, platforms and just like for this one which the psychological aspects of gambling then, you might be able to apply on your course. That is, if you are that dedicated to it that you will came up for a topic about it.
In this case, without having the knowledge with the whole thesis, I think that they are not really directly discussing about gambling as they've mentioned loot boxes on games which may have similarities with gambling.
As we know loot boxes or gatcha in games has their own risk since you will most likely to buy it with real money or even grind for it to gain rare items. The chances of these things are limited and with these rare and limited rewards, people are addicted to buying with having any certainty that they'll receive the items they like.
As for the prize award, probably they have defended their thesis too well against other thesis projects which might be reason they've received that award

[rhomelmabini]

That would take a lot of thoughts on what could you research for a gambling thesis and more often than not, your professor would even let you repeat for just the title. There are a lot in mind but it wouldn't be that easy just because anyone is thinking about it, furthermore, there might be similarities on other past thesis.

[decodx]

Games, metaverse games, gambling games - seem a good idea to pick up.

Metaverse Gambling, NFTs, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Decentralization - sounds like a start for a new scam ICO project. Someone should write a thesis on that!
 

[Coin_trader]

If I were doing research in gambling, it would rather be research in mathematics (including AI) or something similar (tangible), but not this empty demagogy about ethics.

Does even AI works in gambling ? AI may work on sports betting where you have some date to analysis but in casino gambling, even an AI and/or a robot will fail to come up with any meaningful results.
By the way, i never heard of thesis on Gambling , although thesis on AI video games is a completely different thing.

The research paper focus on Poker when he applies technology. The majority of poker table nowadays has built-in calculator about winning chance rate base on the players hand card and the open card in the table. It's really possible to apply AI technology to this kind of game since there's a fixed numbers of cards in the deck while the number of ways can be determined using math calculations. This AI technology can apply on other games that has same methodology of poker like Blackjack.


We have no rights to question the thesis content since we don't have full knowledge on the main purpose of that research and what's the needs of the countries that awards grant on it. We have different preference so we should respect others research and stop saying garbage on others work. This is an insensitive remarks tbh.