Addiction by Design

Addiction by Design is a 2014 non-fiction book by Natasha Dow Schüll and published by Princeton University Press^[1] that describes machine gambling in Las Vegas.^[2] It offers an analysis of machine gambling and the intensified forms of consumption that computer-based technologies enable and the innovations that deliberately enhance and sustain the 'zone' which extreme machine gamblers yearn for.^[3][4][5]

Addiction by Design

First edition
Author	Natasha Dow Schüll
Language	English
Subject	Addiction
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Publication date	May 11, 2014
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0691160880

The book received attention in connection with how current information technologies, in certain contexts, can make people addicted.^[3][6]

See also

• Addiction psychology
• Slot machine
• Compulsion loop