Loot boxes are a feature of modern video games that allow players to win in-game prizes by blindly buying "boxes" that may or may not contain valuable prizes. While video game players love loot boxes, and their slot machine energy, critics have pointed out that they are a likely pathway to problem gambling and want…
Beginning in October, streaming giant Twitch will be banning roulette, slots, and dice game streams from unregulated casinos. This move follows last month's move by the company to ban the sharing of links and referral codes from those same unregulated casinos. Twitch made the announcement via Twitter earlier this week in response to an uptick…
GambleAware, the UK's top gambling addiction charity, is calling on the government to institute much tighter controls on children's access to video game loot boxes. The call comes in the wake of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) recent announcement that loot boxes would not be part of the ongoing review of…
Great Britain’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is calling on video game developers to do more to prevent children from purchasing loot boxes without parental consent. The DCMS is not, however, interested in banning loot boxes entirely - not yet, anyways. It's a debate that underscores the fine line between video games…
Twitch, the popular video game streaming site, recently announced a ban on players promoting or sharing links to online casinos and other online gambling sites. The move is aimed at curbing the spread of problem gambling, particularly among young people. While the move was clearly motivated by a desire to quell gambling addictions, Twitch pointedly…
Loot boxes are a corner of the video game world that game producers love because they generate huge amounts of revenue but are equally hated by lawmakers because they are, well, a form of gambling that's aimed at children. But no matter what anybody thinks of loot boxes, they're on track to generate an astounding…
Are video game loot boxes like the kind found in the wildly popular FIFA series, a form of gambling? If you're a member of almost any European legislative body, your answer to this question is probably a firm "yes". But if you're Peter Moore, Former EA Sports President Peter Moore, you might just see them…
EA Games, one of the biggest video game makers on the planet, could be on the hook for millions of Euros after a Dutch court upheld a previous ruling banning loot boxes. It's a big case that could further push the controversial video game feature into the ether and leave video game makers searching for…
Are video game loot boxes a form of gambling? Do video game companies deliberately induce compulsive behavior? Those are the questions that may, or may not, be answered as a class-action suit against video game giant Electronic Arts (EA). The lawsuit was brought on by video game player Kevin Ramirez and involves 100 other players.…
Are video game loot boxes the gateway to problem gambling? That's a question that's been bandied about quite a lot over the past few years as loot boxes have become a more integral piece of the video gaming world. But loot boxes are every bit as controversial as they are popular, and that's garnered the…
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