This week, though, a lawsuit brought by the state of New York argues that Valve’s in-game loot box sales amount to an illegal gambling outfit worth tens of billions of dollars.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has opened a novel front in the battle over video game loot boxes, suing Valve and accusing the maker of Counter-Strike of illegally running an online gambling ...

So New York demands Valve make amends in several ways, including making "full restitution to consumers and pay damages caused, directly or indirectly, by the illegal acts complained of herein."