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New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes (www.pcgamer.com)
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The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws."

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[-] jaselle@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

ID checks are a solution used when there are different rules for both adults and children. I don't see how that would apply here, since the rules in NY appear to be the same in this case.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I am not physically walking into a liquor store.

I am not physically walking into a casino.

If I am a legal child, then I am supervised by my parent or guardian. Otherwise, I can do as I want.

I get that online casinos are a thing. Parents are supposed to parent their children.

I actually would be in favor of id checks at the OS level IF AND ONLY IF I could trust the government.

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