To my knowledge, pokemon card packs are not designed to be as addictive and easy to spend money on as possible in the same vein as loot boxes in video games. Ad

To my knowledge, pokemon card packs are not designed to be as addictive and easy to spend money on as possible in the same vein as loot boxes in video games. Additionally, the requirement to go to a physical store (or order online and wait upwards of a week for shipping) is likely a mitigating factor.