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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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[-] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

imagine if each time, to kill the boss, you had to pay $1.

You pay $1, watch your avatar hit the boss once, and it immediatly explodes into a shower of common, uncommon, and mayber a rare... Drat, no epics.

Better throw another $1 in.. and another $1.

$25 in, you get a rare! great, you can throw that on the AH for $20 worth of currency... so you better 'reinvest'...

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