Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned in Europe

Re:Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned i... by lithos on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:46PM (#15753803)

Loot boxes explicitly use the same associations of slot machines: sight, sound, timing, and color associations combined with having a low cost action (hitting one button) to potentially have a highly desirable reward.

While killing a mob/boss is likely to have associations to the actual play and learning of the game.

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Re:Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned i... by infogulch on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @12:34AM (#15754507)

These are (quite reasonable) psychological arguments, not legal. It might make a good case for additional legislation though.

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Re:Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned i... by hrktb on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:25AM (#15754761)

As a data point, Japan set restrictions on Gatcha games. It doesn’t mean anything for EU law, but at least there’s a precedent if we ever need one, and they have tangible evidence that led them to go that route.

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