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Having the ability to bet is freedom. Being seduced (avoiding the word 'forced' here) into betting under the guise of a game... not so much.

• Spooky23 8y ago
  I don’t see the nuance between a loot box and a slot machine designed to extract $50-$100/hr from a bettor.
  • efdee 8y ago
    There is not much of a difference. The question is, did your $60 buy you a game, or a program that is designed to just make you buy as many loot boxes as possible? If the games are no more than glorified casinos, they should be regulated as such.
  • falcolas 8y ago
    With a slot machine, you have the chance to win money back. With loot boxes, you don't (any "rewards" are forever locked up in the game).
  • vertex-four 8y ago
    A slot machine is clearly a slot machine, and is additionally labelled as such, with mandated warnings. A video game is not - a video game which is actually a slot machine looks very similar to an actual video game.