there is a guaranteed payout (you bought “a pack of cards” and you got “a pack of cards”). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes
Every single case revolved around the fact that physical cards were sold as the product. Your point one is exactly what I said. The court ruled buying a physical product is not gambling. This is despite courts also ruling that buying gambling chips for the purpose of doing the exact same thing is gambling and children are banned from buying gambling chips. It’s almost like courts aren’t rational.
alternative value/functional use (you can play Pokémon with your Pokémon cards as opposed to just reselling them). The exact same scenario applies to loot boxes/skins
You can also use gambling chips to play checkers, it doesn’t nullify market value.
no cash payouts. All value resides in the secondary market. Again, the EXACT SAME SCENARIO APPLIES TO LOOTBOXES.
There was not one single case that argued it wasn’t gambling by mathematical means. Again pretending that card and video game companies dont know, recognize, or profit off that secondary market value is disgustingly disingenuous of you.
The funniest part of all of this is you’re defending degenerate scam practices that destroyed gaming. You gonna go fondle EAs balls now?
Did you ask AI to write that stupidity for you?
Every single case revolved around the fact that physical cards were sold as the product. Your point one is exactly what I said. The court ruled buying a physical product is not gambling. This is despite courts also ruling that buying gambling chips for the purpose of doing the exact same thing is gambling and children are banned from buying gambling chips. It’s almost like courts aren’t rational.
You can also use gambling chips to play checkers, it doesn’t nullify market value.
There was not one single case that argued it wasn’t gambling by mathematical means. Again pretending that card and video game companies dont know, recognize, or profit off that secondary market value is disgustingly disingenuous of you.
The funniest part of all of this is you’re defending degenerate scam practices that destroyed gaming. You gonna go fondle EAs balls now?