{
  "id": 12998437,
  "title": "Most trading card packs hide the odds of winning rare cards, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/most-trading-card-packs-hide-the-odds-of-winning-rare-cards-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T01:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-card-odds-rare-cards.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pokémon, sports and other physical trading and collectible cards have been around for decades but have surged in popularity since COVID. These cards are usually obtained through gambling-like packs containing random cards. Most packs do not offer any highly desirable cards, but a few packs will. Consumers, often including children, therefore buy many packs in the hope of obtaining rare chase…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}