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		oh_sigh on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lootboxes in FIFA now allowed by highest Dutch cou... Grinding the game to open the boxes sounds fine to me, but how is it not a game of chance if you're just paying money to open a box? That's literally a lottery. Even if only 8% of boxes are opened that way, they should just not allow it flat-out.

ffpip on March 10, 2022 [–]

> how is it not a game of chance if you're just paying money to open a box

The player(s) you receive when you open the box is random and not known before you open the box.

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