Gacha in Japan

Gacha (ガチャ) refers to a popular mechanism in Japanese culture based on randomized, blind draw rewards. You pay a fixed price for a random item from a known set, relying on luck to get the specific item or rarity tier you want. Almost everywhere, you can find gacha machines in Japan. You drop 100 or 200 yen coins for a random anime character that you can collect.

In Hive, such blind draws are seen in games like Splinterlands where you buy packs and hope to get ultra rare card collectibles that you can use to play the game.

Nowadays, gacha has become popular worldwide as can be seen by products like POP Mart Blind boxes.