COMPUTER game add-ons risk turning a generation of kids into gambling addicts, say health chiefs.40 per cent of young gamers sometimes buy loot boxes in gamesSome prizes can be gambled for more valuable ones — or even sold for real cash at an online exchange.
Some 93 per cent of Brits aged 11-24 play video games, an RSPH poll found. A total of 40 per cent buy loot boxes, and 58 per cent see it as a form of highly addictive gambling.The report warns: “The blurring of boundaries between an activity undertaken by the vast majority of young people and gambling also creates concern that it could become a normalised feature of their lives.”
Add ons? I don't think you know what that means.
The world should say something about it.
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