The dark UX patterns used by online gambling websites

You’re being gamed, and this is how they hook you in.

Chris Kernaghan
UX Collective
Published in
8 min readJul 14, 2021

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Gambling is one of the few industries that has capitalised during the pandemic. When restrictions were at their peak, more people than ever took to their mobile devices in the UK, hoping to potentially capitalise on lockdown and alleviate boredom by winning big. For many, this was the…

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