Dutch Study Finds Some Video Game Loot Boxes Broke the Law The Netherlands Gaming Authority picked ten games and found four of them in violation of the Dutch Gaming Act.

From Motherboard

You can gamble in the Netherlands, but it’s an activity that strictly regulated by an independent government agency called De Kansspelautoriteit. In English, its The Gaming Authority, and since 2012 it's regulated games of chance in the Netherlands. The Authority just published a study it did of 10 video games that reward players with loot boxes, packages players can sometimes buy with real money that contain random in-game rewards, and found that 4 of the 10 games it studied violated the Dutch Gaming Act.
It determined that loot boxes are, in general, addictive and that four of the games allowed players to trade items they’d won outside of the game, which means they’ve got a market value.

“Offering this type of game of chance to Dutch players without a license is prohibited,” an English translation of the Gaming Authority’s press release said. “Moreover, the analyses that are currently available indicate that all of the loot boxes that were studied could be addictive.”

Personally I hate loot boxes in games and find that it feels like training for playing slot machines. The slot machine gambling feel and games targeted to kids gives me the creeps and I say this as an adult gambler. The other side of the coin is that I get to enjoy many games completely for free these days. I just made a personal vow to never pay them anything for stupid loot boxes or skins.

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Oh, in my opinion also the games should be free to play and not in an gambling way because in one or other way it can be give pain to the financial position of some because in my opinion the gaming stuff is increases the addiction to great extent and this leads the try to explore these games beyond their affordability. Thanks for sharing this informative news with us and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂

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