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?
In the loot boxes as far as I know others a percentage of chances you can get an item depends on the number do you have, like in Dota 2 once you bought a lot of treasures there's a the higher chance for the next boxes you will get the high rewards, of course most of these has a value so it seems like the same with gambling with the skins but the difference is its a skin in the game and gamers sees this as full of entertainment they didn't care at all how much they spend as long as they got the item they want or have a high rare value, in slot games people urge to earn more with the number of rolls they have reason why the game or gambling can be treated depends on the persons perspective if its for entertainment or for earning of money.