Could box breaking be considered gambling or a lottery?

A long-standing practice in the collectibles industry is under the microscope.
Psychology Today

What Drives the Success of Trading Card Box Breaks?

A box break is a live-streamed event where an online host or ‘breaker’ breaks open a case of sports cards or reveals other memorabilia live online. Before a conversation with Ryan Hockensmith at ESPN, ...
Hosted on MSN

Can you make money opening sports card boxes? ($1,000 experiment)

Geoff dives into a $1,000 sports card box break! Watch to see if opening sports cards is a worthwhile investment and if any rare cards are pulled! Rock the Country festival: Artists dropping out amid ...
KENS

'WEMBANYAMA!' | Card collector loses his mind after pulling a Spurs' Wembanyama 1-of-1 rookie autographed card

SAN ANTONIO — You cannot blame this card collector for going bonkers after pulling a 1-of-1 San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama autographed rookie card. And it was all caught on video. During a Topps ...
KENS

'We could be millionaires!' | Young card collector loses it after pulling rare Spurs' Victor Wembanyama rookie autographed card

SAN ANTONIO — Another day, another card collector pulling a rare San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama during a box break. And you cannot blame this young card collector for his incredible reaction ...