Dude needs to stop playing predatory gacha games.

I don’t understand people who WILLINGLY install that shit. They KNOW how they work and are monetized. And unlike gambling at a casino, there’s zero chance of you being up money at any point.

I think of them as “Gotcha!” games, cause their point is to trick you.
I think that’s where the term gacha comes from. A japanization of the term gotcha.
No, “gacha” comes from “gashapon,” the crank vending machines, and the name is an onomatopoeia. “Gacha” (or “gasha”) is the sound of the crack being turned, and “pon” is the sound of the capsule dropping out.