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Posted on 02/26/2026 6:15:25 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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.
Valve, based in Bellevue, Washington, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Loot boxes let players use real money to buy chances to win virtual items, such as decorations for characters and weapons, in an effort to convey status.
James said Valve generated billions of dollars of revenue by selling "keys" to open loot boxes, including in one game where the process resembled a slot machine as a wheel whirred through various items before stopping.
The attorney general said key sales advanced Valve's unusual business model of letting players sell items they won on its virtual marketplace, Steam Community Market, and on other marketplaces.
"Valve’s loot boxes are particularly pernicious because they are popular among children and adolescents," according to the complaint.
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Good grief, this is not new though, libs have been trying to destroy loot boxes specifically and gaming in general for years now, the community is to free thinking to be ignored.
Just my opinion.
This is nothing new. Valve is just one of many who do this.
Plenty of Pay to win Mobile games that do this and a lot of “Free to play” games.
At least Valve games are generally cosmetics and not needed.
If this lawsuit stands(I do not think it should, especially against valve) it will change the entire industry, which IMO is in need of a good hard shake up in its practices of revenue generation
Nah, you can win at gambling. Loot boxes are just a ripoff.
“We are allowed to loot. You are not allowed to loot.”
— Every Democrat
Just like the EU now when he needs cash he’ll sue ,LOL
Democrats looking for money to fund their campaigns.
Hunting for a pocket to pick to pay Mandani.
I do not approve of children playing these games period. I am not in approval of any form of gambling period. However, I extremely agree with your statement. Spot on.
Gamers are funny. They’ve been attacking “loot boxes” for years. But when someone sues “good guy Valve,” they’re like, “no, not like that!”
New York State Attorney General Letitia James said Valve generated billions of dollars of revenue by selling "keys" to open loot boxes...
This would describe public education as gambling.
That's not the real reason they're going after Valve...
Valve is a company that didn't bend the knee to Black Lives Matter.
Valve is a company that only hires competent people...regardless of their skin tone or confusion about where to put their genitals.
Valve is a completely private, incredibly succesful, company that refuses to give in to ridiculous social initiatives or engage in false purity tests.
And finally...doesn't Letitia have bigger problems to worry about?
HEAR HEAR!
Loot boxes, and microtransactions both need to die in a fire.
Pretty sure there was something about a conversation in the Epstein docs that talked about indoctrinating kids into the micropay system.
I love Counter Strike. Great game! The rest of this mess, meh.
It is. But, since all gaming (most) went woke and, like Disney, attacked its customer base they have to get $$ somehow.
All of the big gaming shops churn out pre-Beta garbage and then charge for fixes. It is what is has become. Not for profit, but to push the ideology.
Pretty rich from the state that has a state lottery, allows casinos and legal sports betting...
Everything that you would be allowed to do would be micropay. You will own nothing and you will like it.
My Kidman $700 of a game by selling some kind of “skin.” Don’t ask me how.
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