https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjgw3y/state-legislator-want-to-ban-loot-boxes

Hawaiian state representative Chris Lee is a gamer who’s been upset about loot boxes for a long time.

“I’ve been quietly following this for years,” he told me over the phone. “I’ve seen an evolution from what has been a traditional business model of buying a video game and playing it, to a business model built upon microtransactions...which—coupled with loot box mechanics— essentially create a gambling mechanism which is explicitly targeted at youth and young adults. That crosses a line.”