I understand that with loot boxes in some video games, these items like skins, weapons, tools, among others, can be traded for real money. However, there are others that are equally addictive without any monetary benefit. On the other hand, with casinos, in general, you can win money 100% of the time. Therefore, these cases of addiction are not strictly related to money, but the loss of money would be more of a consequence. So, to what degree is money a stimulating factor in addictions?
Is the loss of money just collateral damage?
good topic for discussion. I know such people who systematically donate to games and buy various boxes to get skins, they look very harmless and I would not say that the amounts that they spend on video games are large and I would rather not compare this with gambling addiction, if the first type of player is more likely to simply be disappointed that he does not get the desired item for a long time, then the second type of player who is gambling will try to compensate for the losses by receiving even greater losses.