“Though loot boxes look like gambling, we won't know their effects until these companies start sharing their data with independent scientists... There isn't good evidence it is gambling, but the very fact we don't have hard data should be a concern."https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48908766 …
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Hmmm. "Is it gambling or gaming" is the wrong question IMO, confusing social/linguistic/legal categories with social-psychological mechanism. We should ask: "Does it entail mechanisms with a well-evidenced significant risk of causing non-trivial harm?"
