New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Valve for "illegally promoting gambling" done the loot container systems it has built for video games similar Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2, according to a property release. The lawyer wide seeks to "permanently halt Valve from promoting gambling features successful its games, disgorge each ill-gotten gains, and wage fines for violating New York's laws."

"This loot container exemplary that Valve has developed - charging an idiosyncratic for a accidental to triumph thing of worth based connected luck unsocial - is quintessential gambling, prohibited nether New York's Constitution and Penal Law," the suit says. Valve …

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