<p>Vicki and Geraldine talk to the leading researcher into the links between gaming and gambling, Dr David Zendle, about why, increasingly, playing means paying.</p><p>Talking points:</p><ul><li>Are loot boxes in some of the world’s most popular online games a gateway to gambling for children</li><li>With billions of dollars washing through online gaming every year, why aren’t alarm bells ringing about money laundering?</li><li>Why have games turned from playthings into sales platforms?</li></ul>

4. Lulu Freemont

Welcome to ‘Tech Shock’ – the new podcast from Parent Zone! Vicki Shotbolt and Geraldine Bedell are your hosts, looking at how digital technology is affecting family life.  They’ll help explain its mysteries to parents, teachers, professionals and policymakers; looking at whether streaming platforms are encouraging young people to make porn, whether online lives are creating a generation of gamblers and whether there are too many men on the internet.  So subscribe now, rate the podcast, and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Monday morning for a new episode of ‘Tech Shock – from Parent Zone’.