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adjl posted...

papercup posted...

Lootboxes are no different than trading cards, mystery toy boxes, crane machines, etc. I guess all of that should be banned as well?

You don't typically open trading cards or mystery toy boxes with the express purpose of making money, or profiting. Loot boxes are gambling because you are opening them specifically to get the good stuff, legendary skins in Overwatch, high level star cards in Battlefront, etc.

I'd say people typically open card packs and whatnot in the hopes of getting something good, or at least something they specifically desire. In the case of card games, some contents are given value by their usefulness in the game, though at least there you can hypothetically just print your own card with the same text and use that for the game.

Except cards you print yourself are not tournament legal. They're not valuable, tradable or sellable (and it's copyright infringement ;) )
Some people open trading cards with the express purpose of making money, or profiting. There's a whole business of selling singles of popular TCG's, complete with shady practices like weighing booster packs.

helIy posted...

benbeverfaqs posted...

Some lottery tickets cost $20. People can then win $5, a coupon, or even nothing

wrong.
the minimum you can win on a lottery ticket, a scratch off anyways, is what you paid for it.
you don't win coupons, that's just silly, but you can just win nothing.
and that's why it's called gambling.

I'm actually sure it's not wrong and I talk from experience.
People can win less than the price of the ticket. (depends on the lottery)
People often win Ben&Jerries ice cream, or a board game.
(which is nice but it's less than the price of a ticket. It's better than 0 though, unless you're lactose intolerant).