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the spoils that turned pirates into legends and gamers into addicts
means Goods stolen or seized, especially in war, riot, or robbery — and by extension the valuable rewards players grab in video games.
from From Hindi 'lūṭ,' meaning plunder, likely rooted in Sanskrit 'luṇṭ-' (to rob or steal). British soldiers and colonial administrators in India picked it up in the late 18th century and carried it home, where it became one of those handful of everyday English words — like 'bungalow,' 'shampoo,' and 'thug' — quietly imported from the subcontinent.
- origin
- From Hindi 'lut,' borrowed by British colonial soldiers
- dopamine engine
- Loot boxes exploit the same circuits as slot machines
- banned
- Belgium outlawed paid loot boxes as gambling
- ancient cut
- Roman soldiers were legally entitled to plunder shares
- box office
- Loot crate gaming revenue tops billions yearly
sack of baghdad — mongol forces under hulagu khan plundered the city in 1258, taking treasures and manuscripts
gold rush california 1849 — prospectors extracted approximately 750,000 pounds of gold from sierra nevada foothills