[Mustachio]

As someone who played a lot of CSGO as a 15-16 year old back in 2015, it's all psychological. Why does anyone become addicted to gambling? The thrill releases enormous amounts of dopamine. Satisfy this over and over, and the threshold for the same euphoria becomes higher and higher. That's how yo end up with people, and particularly teens and young adults spending massive amounts of money for 'some pixels'. I think I sank about 1.5k into it in total over the years. When Belgium decided to ban such loot boxes I was happy to see the addiction forcibly ended. They just need to repeat it for predatory battlepasses and the likes.

[robertlagrant]

I understand gambling for money, but not gambling for, as you say, pixels. Is there nothing real to spend on or save for?