https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-company-responds-to-loot-box-controversy-says-/1100-6455272/

Take-Two, the parent company of GTA and Red Dead developer Rockstar Games, has responded to the recent controversy surrounding loot boxes and microtransactions. Speaking today during a Credit Suisse event, Take-Two president Karl Slatoff said the company doesn't view loot boxes as gambling. The executive said Take-Two's view is the same as what the Entertainment Software Association said earlier this year when it released a statement plainly stating that loot boxes "are not gambling."

"We don't view that thing as gambling," Slatoff said of loot box mechanics. "Our view of it is the same as the ESA statement for the most part; so [potential legislation is] going to play its course."