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Sydney Morning Herald on 2023-03-30 05:06

‘Groomed for future gambling’: Call for loot box video games to be adult-only

Games that include so-called “loot boxes” would be given M ratings under proposed government reforms, but anti-gambling MPs want them to go further.

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