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Re:Loot boxes are obviously gambling by acou_nPlusOne_t on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:09AM (#17176660)
I often wish, there was a diffrent sort of gambling- taking the customers money and refunding it - in secrecy to the familys whos reward-circuitry-hacked members bleed them dry.

That- and only that, is the acceptable gambling that i could accept existing.

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Re:Loot boxes are obviously gambling by tialaramex on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:35AM (#17177909)
The British government owns lots of banks, one of them, the National Savings and Investment Bank has a product that is almost this (but not secret), named 'Premium Bonds'.

You buy bonds, and like a lottery ticket they might randomly win a prize in a draw. But because it's a bank not a lottery the bonds themselves never go away if you don't win, it's basically a savings account except instead of boring percentage interest you randomly win prizes.

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