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Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals (automaton-media.com)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago

It's basically the same thing as gambling but with less regulations and social stigma. It's not going to get better if no one does anything - and it's not going to be the unregulated casinos cosplaying as gaming studios that will do it.