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Loot boxes should not be sold to children and should instead be earned as rewards for game-play, the MPs said.
"Loot boxes are particularly lucrative for games companies but come at a high cost, particularly for problem gamblers, while exposing children to potential harm," Mr Collins said.
"Buying a loot box is playing a game of chance and it is high time the gambling laws caught up.
"We challenge the government to explain why loot boxes should be exempt from the Gambling Act."
There is growing international disquiet about loot boxes, with a US senator calling for them to be banned and the government of Belgium ruling they were in violation of gambling laws.
China has restricted the number of loot boxes players can open each day. Sweden is also investigating them.

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12-Sep-2019 20:11:13

I Lack Heart
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Dilbert2001 said :
Content in TH chests are REVEALED. Sorry to correct you. Besides, this is only a suggestion to the Governments. If you read the entire 84 page document, you should see that the DCMS actually asked for the government to encourage industry levies (like ESRB kind of labels, parental control and age verification) but no regulations. :)

Oh i didnt know that, how can i claim my 3 purple prizes every day? Have i missed something where you see what you will receive with 100% certainty?

12-Sep-2019 20:14:48 - Last edited on 12-Sep-2019 20:15:01 by I Lack Heart

Dilbert2001
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I Lack Heart said :
Dilbert2001 said :
Content in TH chests are REVEALED. Sorry to correct you. Besides, this is only a suggestion to the Governments. If you read the entire 84 page document, you should see that the DCMS actually asked for the government to encourage industry levies (like ESRB kind of labels, parental control and age verification) but no regulations. :)

Oh i didnt know that, how can i claim my 3 purple prizes every day? Have i missed something where you see what you will receive with 100% certainty?

Do you know what a game-of-chance like Gumball Machine or Kinder Egg is? Of course you you are not 100% certain to receive whatever item. The context in DCMS's document is about the CONTENT (i.e. the prize) to be revealed, not the odd and definitely not a 100% certainly of whatever prize.

12-Sep-2019 20:25:50

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Uncl said :
The point people are trying to make is, TH is harmful. So if it's harmful, show me how removing TH removes the harm. What changes in the game? This thread has some 650 posts. Surely there is a list of reasons how it harms. How the game would be altered by removing TH.
What changes you ask? Gambling addicts will stop spending thousands of dollars monthly on game they are addicted to? Is that good enough change for you or do you enjoy people going 50 000dollars in debt before they have even left their parents?

12-Sep-2019 20:27:41 - Last edited on 12-Sep-2019 20:32:07 by I Lack Heart

Torgi Nudho

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I wonder why the community's so upset, since the FM/CM's are doing such a wonderful job!


EDIT: @CM: this was clearly sarcasm, so you should probably delete this post as well, since you've already marked 80% of my normal posts as "flame", which is just ridiculous...

12-Sep-2019 20:28:00 - Last edited on 13-Sep-2019 08:15:43 by Torgi Nudho

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