Killing a boss in WoW isn’t gambling because you don’t need to pay anything to do so. With CS, unless something has dramatically changed since I last played, when you get a box you need to typically buy a key to open it and get the item.
If you just got a random skin after a match, it would not be gambling. The value of the item received, or resellability of the item, doesn’t really matter here as much as whether or not there’s an entry fee.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Also, them putting that level of abstraction, - buying a key, not the box - makes it look even more shady. They intentionally add another step to deny liability and comparison to traditional gambling. And, being not gambling per law, they are npt even controlled by the regulation existing for gambling machines, e.g. distribution of loosing and winning outcomes.