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Source: ABC Four Corners, 2021-05-03 20:00

Kat spent $4,000 on a free-to-play mobile game. She says she was manipulated | Four Corners

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In one year, student and mother of two Kat McDonald spent $4,000 on free-to-play mobile game, Legend of the Phoenix.

She said the realisation was “mind-blowing”.

“I felt a little bit sick. I felt a bit scared to tell my husband because we share funds in our house. I felt like that was money that the family could have spent. And I hadn’t even noticed that I’d spent anywhere near that much.”

Kat said she realised she was being manipulated by the game.

And now, she’s calling for better regulation of in-app purchases.

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-03/video-games-you-play-are-using-sneaky-tactics-four-corners/100098826


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