Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal

Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by ryan-c on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:16AM (#16931550)

I played MtG a bit in my teens through early twenties, and I think that one difference was that a pack of cards had positive expected value. The set of cards you got would generally cost more to buy individually than you'd pay for the pack.

Is this the case for these loot boxes?

As a side note, I remember MtG being called "cardboard crack" back in the day, including by those who played it.

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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by nkassis on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:32AM (#16931664)

That might have been the case at some points in the history of MtG but I don't think recent sets have had positive expected value. For the most part you pay less just getting the cards you need.

Or use the opening of packs for actual gaming with the various ways to play with them.

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