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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by zelos on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:34AM (#16930620)
>If you're looking for card X, the shopkeeper usually has no way of knowing what pack contains that and withholding that pack from you to maximise profit.

Although I believe they do weigh Pokemon booster packs to find the ones with more valuable shiny cards.

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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by sfotm on Thursday April 26, 2018 @12:31PM (#16933383)
I actually have a coworker that's very active in the Pokémon community, and there are now countermeasures to make this ineffective. IIRC, there are now variances in the weight of a "code card" inside the pack.
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