Federal Trade Commission agrees to investigate loot boxes

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The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to investigate

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in games, along with their impact on kids. The agency's commissioners committed to the probe after Senator

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(D-NH) raised the issue at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittee hearing. Loot boxes offer players in-game items, but because you can often buy them with real money and the virtual goods within are awarded at random, some claim they're tantamount to gambling.

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