Table 4. Pairwise comparisons of the effects of problem gambling on spending on in-game items other than loot boxes.
Pairwise comparison groups | U | p-value | Cohen’s d | Vargha and Delaney’s A |
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Non problem gamblers vs. low-risk gamblers | 78292.00 | <0.001* | 0.300 | 0.580 |
Non problem gamblers vs. moderate-risk gamblers | 11829.00 | <0.001* | 0.527 | 0.639 |
Non problem gamblers vs. problem gamblers | 51755.00 | <0.001* | 0.298 | 0.579 |
Low-risk gamblers vs. moderate-risk gamblers | 7592.00 | 0.099 | 0.217 | 0.561 |
Low-risk gamblers vs. problem gamblers | 31646.00 | 0.642 | 0.036 | 0.510 |
Moderate-risk gamblers vs. problem gamblers | 6364.00 | 0.243 | -0.160 | 0.455 |
Effects that are significant at the p<0.008 level are marked with a *.