
Last week the Gambling Commission revealed that 39 per cent of 11- to 16-year-olds spent money on gambling. Prof Griffiths, who is director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, said: “If there is a simulated roulette wheel in a game like Candy Crush, those games should be for adults only, because of the research showing that simulated games are a risk factor for problem gambling.”

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Children should be banned from playing online games such as Candy Crush, an expert says.Ĭandy Crush games - which have been downloaded more than 2.7 billion times - include a wheel of fortune-style feature that awards extra moves or other in-game goodies.
