{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T23:35:55.441Z","story":{"id":"r_e19a2c92e56d4f1ba65262df","slug":"valve-argues-loot-boxes-are-no-different-from-baseball-cards-in-ny-lawsuit","url":"https://yomimono.id/valve-argues-loot-boxes-are-no-different-from-baseball-cards-in-ny-lawsuit","headline":"Valve Argues Loot Boxes Are No Different From Baseball Cards in NY Lawsuit","summary":"Valve filed a 42-page memorandum to dismiss a New York lawsuit alleging Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes are illegal gambling. The company argues cases are random products like baseball cards or cereal prizes, that skins are cosmetic with no gameplay effect, and that third-party cash-outs violate Steam's terms of service.","why_it_matters":"The case tests whether randomized in-game purchases can be regulated as gambling under New York law, with Valve drawing a line between its own marketplace and external sites.","published_at":"2026-05-21T05:00:49.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Game Spark"],"citations":[{"source":"Game Spark","title":"Valve Argues NY \"Loot Box\" Lawsuit: \"Just Another Random Product Like Baseball Cards or Cereal Prizes\" | Game*Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/21/166708.html"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}