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Loot boxes look a lot like gambling

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The industry found a highly profitable way to bypass gambling laws by targeting children. By exchanging real money for a random chance at a digital cosmetic item, developers created addictive behavioral loops mimicking casinos. They just slap bright colors on the transaction and stubbornly insist it's 'surprise mechanics' instead of gambling.

Loot boxes look a lot like gambling
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