[efdee]

Having the ability to bet is freedom. Being seduced (avoiding the word 'forced' here) into betting under the guise of a game... not so much.

[Spooky23]

I don’t see the nuance between a loot box and a slot machine designed to extract $50-$100/hr from a bettor.

[efdee]

There is not much of a difference. The question is, did your $60 buy you a game, or a program that is designed to just make you buy as many loot boxes as possible?

If the games are no more than glorified casinos, they should be regulated as such.

[vertex-four]

A slot machine is clearly a slot machine, and is additionally labelled as such, with mandated warnings. A video game is not - a video game which is actually a slot machine looks very similar to an actual video game.

[falcolas]

With a slot machine, you have the chance to win money back. With loot boxes, you don't (any "rewards" are forever locked up in the game).