Reuters:
New York’s attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer
whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota,
accusing it of promoting illegal gambling and threatening to
addict children through its use of “loot boxes.” In a complaint
filed on Wednesday in a state court in Manhattan, Attorney General
Letitia James said Valve’s loot boxes amounted to “quintessential
gambling,” violating the state’s constitution and penal law, with
valuable items often hard to win and many items worth pennies.
