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Of course, the game itself has a positive effect on concentration and strategic thinking, so not everyone who plays the game is an addict.

In the end, it is important to teach hobbies and addictions, and I have to point out how to judge on what basis.

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Kim is in his 40s and has a separate game room at home, and he enjoys playing more than 5 hours a day on weekends.

[Mr. Kim / Game users: It is more fun to play alone than to play alone, so sometimes I have a little bit of my wife.]

She says she has no problems with work or family relationships.

[Kim Mo / Game users: It was a tool to enjoy with friends. It was not such a concept that should be in my life.]

If you have control over the game like Kim and you have no problems in your daily life, it is not game addiction.

The World Health Organization has also said most game users are not addicted.

WHO places game addiction criteria on sustainability, frequency and controllability.

If you put your game in a higher priority than others and you have an adverse impact on your workplace and your home, and you still want to quit, then it is game addiction.

Especially when you play a probability game, you are at an increased risk of poisoning.

A stochastic game is a game in which a user makes money and purchases an item, and the good and bad of the item are determined by the chance of throwing a die.

[Chung Young-chul / Professor, Department of Mental Health Medicine, Severance Hospital]: It's exciting to decide on the game with the same pattern and decide on what the luck factor is. Because, I can not predict.]

It is also necessary to consider how to selectively regulate odds based on the degree of addiction, as in the case of the Netherlands and Belgium, which bans stochastic games as gambling.

(Image coverage: Jeong-young Kim, Image editing: Lee Jae-sung)