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Dark patterns, sludge, and dark nudges — plus a 4-scan audit for defaults, speed asymmetry, framing, and social proof on any money app.

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Recognition · Lesson 4

The screen around the bet is part of the product. Three families of operator-favorable design — dark patterns, sludge, dark nudges — plus a 4-scan audit you can run on any betting, gaming, or money app.

Six pages, three checks, six-question capstone. Closes the Recognition unit.

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Classify UI choices into dark patterns, sludge, and dark nudges.
Run the 4-scan audit on a real or hypothetical screen.
Apply the audit to non-gambling financial products.

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