I’ll give you the proximity point, it is easier to access loot boxes when they are in a game.

But as for the missing out part, yeah that’s how it works. Your friend wins something from the claw machine or gets a bunch of tickets, now you want that. That’s part of the fun, your parents could just buy the toy but that’s lame

Do those people ban thier kids from arcades? Playing claw machines and stuff? I’m genuinely asking

Yes, because they are the least likely to know they are a part of a botnet