Valve accused of "letting children and adults alike illegally gamble" via loot boxes in New York state lawsuit

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• Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It is important to note that Valve’s promotion of games that glorify violence and guns helps fuel the dangerous epidemic of gun violence, particularly among young gamers who can become numbed to grave violence before their brains are fully developed," the attorney general alleges.

  Boooooommmmmmeeeeerrrrrr looooggggiiiicccc goooooo awwwwaaaayyyyy.

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  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    People were constantly saying this when I was a little kid. I’m 35 now.

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    All boomers need to be met with peer review. When they say shit like this they need adequate sample sized studies or shut the fuck up.

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• belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good. Next do draft kings

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• GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good, I think it’s absolutely insane that children have been able to gamble real world money in video games for so long. Honestly surprised it’s just valve though. Plenty of other companies using a loot box system out there.

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  • dil@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Valve started a lot of bad practices and then stopped doing it themselves after making bank, like cosmetic mtx through hats, skin gambling/trading, paid mods, etc.

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• dragontology@retrofed.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The Super Bowl (American football championship game) promotes betting. What’s the problem? Is gambling legal in the United States outside of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Native American reservations, or isn’t it? They need to make up their mind about that. Either allow it everywhere and post gambling help lines like the casinos do… or don’t allow it.

  I’m not a fan, personally. I don’t gamble. Period. I have no real opinion on whether it should be legal though, where I am, where you are, or in the state of New York.

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  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These are state laws, not federal.

    On top of that, casinos and betting apps and race tracks tend to have their own extra tax rate to pay, which valve is assuredly not currently paying on their illegal gambling revenue.

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    • DillDough@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So would you classify Pokemon/MTG/Yu-Gi-Oh/etc. as illegal gambling as well?

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  • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Maybe valve can lean into this logic and ship the steam deck with a pack of smokes and a bottle of jack.

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  • GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Children are still not allowed to gamble anywhere, and the specific gambling laws vary by state.

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