Are loot boxes gambling?

A bit rushed this morning but the stat about gambling, is from gambling commission directly:

The Slots which are legal for under 18 and in a more places than you would realise from the outside looking in are CAT D:
https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-gambling-businesses/Compliance/Sector-specific-compliance/Arcades-and-machines/Gaming-machine-categories/D-gaming-machines.aspx
These are not age restricted to over 18.

Logos on Kits is a bit one, its about Brand awareness and normalising them, when we were growing up would be a great big Nike logo or something similar on a kit, to encourage you to use the product of you home team, but to be running around at 8 years old with “Betfair” wrote in huge letters across you chest is just reinforcing the brand is ok and that gambling is normal, we are in a mess at the moment with our kids being shown how to gamble far to young, it’s like we want them to turn 18 with a desire for gambling already there.

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