[Ygg2]

    > Playing a game is gaming.
    > A game is a game.

If that was true we wouldn't regulate gambling. After all. It's just a game. Of chance. Right?

And,yes I am pro regulating video game, especially lootboxes.

[xodice]

Yes, of course gambling is a game of chance. I don't get what you're getting at?

I also am for regulating loot boxes, I still do not see how that changes the fact a game is a game.

[Ygg2]

Do you count gamblers as gamers then? Because you then enter a contradiction.

Because gamblers aren't (video) gamers. They are more people addicted to a mechanic and less about enjoying the medium.

[xodice]

Playing a game of chance works the same way mentally as other games, you get enjoyment from them both. The addiction of gambling is a whole different discussion and I agree with you re: the addiction and becoming just addicted instead of playing or enjoyment but that doesn't change the fact they are still playing a game, even if a game of chance.

Just my opinion and all. Everyone thinks differently. :)

[Ygg2]

> Playing a game of chance works the same way mentally as other games, you get enjoyment from them both.

It doesn't. That's the issue. See Skinner's box. Random variable rewards cause addictive behavior, because of evolutive pressures our ancestors exprienced.

Couple that with a money extraction system and you get a way to easily extract money from people unaware of this 'exploit'.