Do purchasable randomised reward mechanisms in video games (loot boxes) constitute gambling? Opinions often rest on whether virtual items obtained from loot boxes have real-world value. Using market data from real transactions, we show that virtual items have real-world monetary value and therefore could be regulated under existing gambling legislation.

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为什么战利品箱可以被视为赌博。

电子游戏（防暴箱）中可购买的随机奖励机制是否构成赌博？人们常常基于从战利品箱中获得的虚拟物品是否具有现实价值来争论。使用来自真实交易的市场数据，我们显示虚拟物品具有真实世界的货币价值，因此可以根据现有的赌博法规进行监管。