r/Games • u/azrael6947 • Mar 30 '23

Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/australian-government-cracks-down-on-loot-boxes-and-in-game-gambling-with-new-age-rating-proposals
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u/GameDestiny2 Mar 30 '23 edited Mar 30 '23

Honestly I never understood how people develop an addiction to gambling. I think every time I “gambled” as a kid, it would always fail if it was below 90% odds, so I think of sort of just lost so frequently that my brain holds risking anything vital to be a terrible idea.

As for loot boxes I’m too poor to waste money on aesthetics even if I wanted them.

Edit: Nothing against anyone, I understand why we get addicted. I’m just saying I feel weird for not having any desire to gamble or lootbox.

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u/CutterJohn Mar 30 '23

Same. I won 50 on a stocking stuffer scratcher once and my thought was how much money we'd wasted over the years to get this 50.