{"id":6928,"date":"2017-08-31T13:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:30:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:30:04","slug":"gambling-edge-guest-academic-mark-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/gambling-edge-guest-academic-mark-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast – guest academic Mark Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s guest is Mark Johnson. \u00a0<\/span>Mark was a recent post-doctorate at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UNLV\u2019s Center for Gaming Research. His research is ongoing, looking at the similarities, and differences between Esports professionals, and professional gamblers.<\/span><\/p>\n

podcast<\/a><\/div>\n
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Show Notes<\/strong><\/div>\n
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[00:47] What was Mark Johnson doing at UNLV? Why UNLV?<\/div>\n
[03:55] What books other than Richard\u2019s\u00a0Gambling Wizards\u00a0has Mark used in the research?<\/div>\n
[05:40] Considering how young eSports is, was Mark able to find literatures on eSports?<\/div>\n
[07:35] Differences between professional gamblers and professional eSports players<\/div>\n
[13:51] How is the way gamblers earn money different than eSports players?<\/div>\n
[17:00] How much can top eSports players make?<\/div>\n
[18:51] Gambling on eSports through skins?<\/div>\n
[23:14]\u00a0Challenges of estimating how much other gamblers made outside of tournaments.<\/div>\n
[26:03] eSports Players disguising themselves and the \u201cbarcodes\u201d players.<\/div>\n
[33:49] Love of the game and the learning curve<\/div>\n
[34:56] Intrinsic talent indicators in eSports.<\/div>\n
[41:24] Cheating, hustling, and doping in eSports<\/div>\n
[48:30] The dramatic value of a single pixel glitch in a tournament.<\/div>\n
[53:23] Handicaps in eSports<\/div>\n
[58:17] The different issues between gambler teams and eSports teams<\/div>\n
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Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World\u2019s Greatest Gamblers: \u00a0http:\/\/amzn.to\/2wBanDn<\/a><\/div>\n
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Mark\u2019s podcast:\u00a0http:\/\/www.roguelikeradio.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n
Mark’s website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.ultimaratioregum.co.uk\/<\/a><\/div>\n
Twitter:\u00a0@<\/a>UltimaRegum<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s guest is Mark Johnson. \u00a0Mark was a recent post-doctorate at\u00a0UNLV\u2019s Center for Gaming Research. His research is ongoing, looking at the similarities, and differences between Esports professionals, and professional gamblers. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download Show Notes [00:47] What was Mark Johnson doing at UNLV? Why UNLV? 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