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Annoying. Don't let the industry autoregulate, it's always lukewarm and ineffective.
Legislate. Ban underage gambling.
This is not a complicated issue, at all, the only barriers are lobbying and corruption.
Absolutely. Time and time again researchers have found that lootboxes have the same psychological effects as gambling, which should be enough justification for regulating it as such. Publishers try to excuse it by the technicality that people can't (directly) win real money from it, glossing over how they lose real money every time. It's all the negative effects, with only the possibility of a fictional reward for it.