Valve has moved to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the company, which claims loot boxes in its games such as Counter-Strike 2 promote illegal gambling and threaten to addict children.
No. I mean when the cap of a bottle of coke has prices or find the golden cookie and win a trip to NY. Those have a purchase required, and you can’t write to the company and get the to send you the price token for you ro exchange it for the price.
Yes even the “collect the cap” ones have to provide a free alternate method of entry. The FTC at the federal level and all 50 states have these laws. Edit: just search on the phrase “free alternate method of entry” and you’ll get many hits explaining this.
The US is truly a very weird country. In any case even if that’s the rule CS is a free game, so no purchase required to participate in the loot boxes. So I’ll ask again, how is that any different?
No. I mean when the cap of a bottle of coke has prices or find the golden cookie and win a trip to NY. Those have a purchase required, and you can’t write to the company and get the to send you the price token for you ro exchange it for the price.
Yes even the “collect the cap” ones have to provide a free alternate method of entry. The FTC at the federal level and all 50 states have these laws. Edit: just search on the phrase “free alternate method of entry” and you’ll get many hits explaining this.
The US is truly a very weird country. In any case even if that’s the rule CS is a free game, so no purchase required to participate in the loot boxes. So I’ll ask again, how is that any different?