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Why loot crates are luring you in to spend your money
One big concern in the gaming world at the moment is the use of something called 鈥榣oot boxes鈥� or 鈥榣oot crates鈥� in online games and whether they amount to gambling. Loot crates are little virtual boxes that you鈥檙e offered in the middle of a game and you鈥檙e allowed to buy something you really want for your character. The trick is, you never know what鈥檚 inside the box or the crate until after you鈥檝e paid for it.
First broadcast on You & Yours, 25 February 2019.
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