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

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jason1637 said:

monocle_layton said:

Regulation is key. Not many people know Pokemon Shuffle and other Nintendo games force a limit on money spent a month to follow Japanese law. The US probably doesn't give a shit, but the EU should establish similar regulations. Putting a limit at X dollars a month will stop skinner box-like games from abusing the vulnerability of people with control issues.

If they do that for gaming would they will have to make that regulation apply to gambling in casinos.

That ought to be really easy to get around because casino is a place meant for gamling, but it's not the same for games. For example, having to mark a product or a place meant for gambling mainly could lift the restriction, and I bet game publishers wouldn't like to do that.