Leon Y. Xiao is a presidential assistant professor at CityU focusing on empirically assessing compliance with gambling and gaming policy globally.
Awards and Achievements
- 2023 “30 Under 30” Forbes. [URL]
- 2022 “Future Class” The Game Awards. [URL]
- 2021 “Game Changer” GamesIndustry.biz. [URL]
- 2020 “Lord Denning Scholar” The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. [URL]
- 2024 “EliteForsk-rejsestipendiat [EliteForsk Travel Grantee]” Uddannelses- og forskningsministeriet [Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science]. [URL]
Journal
- (2025). Illegal loot box advertising on social media? An empirical study using the Meta and TikTok ad transparency repositories. Computer Law & Security Review. 56. Article 106069 doi:10.1016/j.clsr.2024.106069
- (2023). Breaking Ban: Belgium’s Ineffective Gambling Law Regulation of Video Game Loot Boxes. Collabra: Psychology. 9(1). Article 57641 doi:10.1525/collabra.57641
- (2021). Gaming the system: suboptimal compliance with loot box probability disclosure regulations in China. Behavioural Public Policy. 8(3). 590 - 616. doi:10.1017/bpp.2021.23
Last update date :
15 Aug 2025
