Former EA president defends loot boxes as surprises, not gambling
Peter Moore continues to insist loot boxes and ultimate team are more like buying a pack of cards than they are anything like gambling.
Electronic Arts prepares to block FIFA loot boxes in some jurisdictions
Electronic Arts have added code to block some jurisdictions from FIFA’s Ultimate Team game mode, in an apparent concession to regulators.
Dutch gambling regulator celebrates ruling against EA loot boxes
A Dutch court rules that gambling regulator was right in declaring loot boxes in Electronic Arts’ FIFA game to be illegal games of chance.
Loot Boxes called gambling in $5M class action lawsuit against EA
A California court may be asked to decide if loot boxes are gambling, as Electronic Arts faces a huge class action lawsuit.
Loot Boxes concerning, but regulation a step too far, FTC group says
Loot boxes could be dangerous for kids and deceptive for all consumers, but regulating them would go a step beyond what a mixed group of panelists could agree to.
Loot boxes could go the way of the dodo in Europe
A recent report published by a European Union research agency recommends cracking down on loot boxes in video games.
UK gov’t puts videogame loot boxes in its regulatory sights
The UK government issues a call for evidence into “the impact of [videogame] loot boxes on in-game spending and gambling-like behavior.”
Australia looking to age restrict loot boxes
Another country has come around to seeing loot boxes as a form of underage gambling, with Australia taking action.
New report calls lootboxes a gambling polluter on today’s youth
If the Royal Society for Public Health gets its way, Boris Johnson’s new government will put regulations on loot boxes similar to gambling.
Betting on our future – How the UK election could shape the gambling industry in 2020
With the 2019 General Election on the horizon, all of the major political parties have released their manifestos, outlining their vision for the future of the United Kingdom.
