The Gambling Health Alliance (GHA) from the United Kingdom is warning parents about a startling new statistic: over 1 in 10 young gamers are in debt because they spend too much on loot boxes. Indeed, almost one in six young gamers (15%) have taken money from their parents (without their permission, mind you) to buy loot boxes, one in ten (11%) have used their parents’ credit or debit card to fund their loot box purchases, and one in ten (9%) have borrowed money they couldn’t repay to spend on loot boxes. For three of the over 600 that were surveyed, young gamer’s loot box spending has resulted in their families having to re-mortgage their homes in order to cover the costs, which seems like the title to an article from The Onion.
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