Link between loot boxes and problem gambling “robustly verified” – Eurogamer.net

New research has “robustly verified” a link between loot boxes and problem gambling.
Researchers at the universities of Plymouth and Wolverhampton said loot boxes “are structurally and psychologically akin to gambling”.
It also found that large numbers of children are opening loot boxes.
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