
TWIG #173 Why gaming companies are really leaving Russia / Court rules that loot boxes are not a game of chance
Deconstructor of Fun
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Loot Box Regulation
"I am excited by a ruling like this. It kind of confirms what i think, which is, likee, if you're opening a pokimon card pack, you're not gambling," he says. "If you understand the probabilities of getting whatever want to get, ik as not is not really gambling at all, right? Ieansthen, then any sort of randomiation mechanic in any part of the game could be considered gambling, right?" 'There's no difference from killing a monster in diablo and getting a random set of lute, from opening a card pack and getting a Random Set of Lutes' He adds that it's hard to quantitatively stack
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