I played Magic: the Gathering competitively growing up, and me and all of my contemporaries revered the idea of gambling. Loot boxes may be a different beast, w

I played Magic: the Gathering competitively growing up, and me and all of my contemporaries revered the idea of gambling. Loot boxes may be a different beast, which I would think would actually lead you more toward making simply bad financial decisions, like buying status items that you do not need and cannot afford with debt you will struggle to pay back. My adolescent milieu went on to have mixed results with regards to their participation in society. I think the gambling that Magic: the Gathering players revere is actually preferable to these items, which are a purchase and seem to discourage analysis of the value proposition or expected value of the act of purchase.