Class Claims Against Apple Alleging Gambling Via In-Game ‘Loot Boxes’ Axed

Mealey's (January 7, 2022, 1:40 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Jan. 4 order, a California federal judge again dismissed a mother’s putative class claims alleging that Apple Inc. violates California’s unfair competition law (UCL) via virtual “loot boxes” within video games available on Apple’s App Store, which she said constitute gambling, finding that the plaintiff did not sufficiently allege an economic injury and did not establish that the loot boxes ran afoul of any state gambling legislation....