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It's possible they could just remove the random element to it. They could assign a static DS value to characters and you just outright buy the ones you want when they're available. It wouldn't be nearly as profitable and they'd likely inflate the character prices insanely high, but it would bypass any gambling laws.

Personally I think people are just on a warpath to label anything RNG related as gambling because of some children that irresponsibly buy stuff in games like Fortnite. Trading cards are practically the same idea of paying for random cards but those have existed for decades on the premise that  "you always get something even if it's not what you wanted". Gambling requires that you spend money and get nothing in return. Lots of people bought trading cards as kids but grew up without gambling addictions.

Hopefully they realize this is an issue of parenting, not an issue of game companies making stuff fun with RNG. Maybe they'll just need to reorient games like this towards adults. That way Bandai isn't responsible if some kid spends irresponsibly (but technically a lot of kids could still play, parents permitting).