Valve faces second class-action over loot boxes

Less than two weeks after New York state sued Valve for "letting children and adults illegally gamble" with loot boxes, a second consumer class-action has been filed making a similar claim: loot boxes in Valve titles such as Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 are "carefully engineered to extract money from consumers, including children, through deceptive, casino-style psychological tactics." Steve Berman of Hagens Berman said, "We believe Valve deliberately engineered its gambling platform and profited enormously from it.

Consumers played these games for entertainment, unaware that Valve had allegedly already stacked the odds against them.

United States, New York

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