{"id":7739,"date":"2018-07-09T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=7739"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:57:04","slug":"france-bucks-trend-and-says-lootboxes-not-considered-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/france-bucks-trend-and-says-lootboxes-not-considered-illegal-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"France Bucks Trend, Lootboxes Not Considered Illegal Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The French regulator ARJEL<\/strong> seems to be going against the grain when it comes to lootboxes. They have formally declared that this particular form of micro-transactions is not considered a form of illegal gambling unlike their counterparts in the Netherlands<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Their rationalization for this is that lootbox contents don't have any real-world valu<\/strong>e.<\/p>\n

The French regulator does point out that the lootbox issue is a complicate one and needs a bit more examination. <\/p>\n

ARJEL recommends that European authorities should come together so that they can decide on the lootbox matter as a whole. This conclusion comes as part of ARJEL's 2018-2019 report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The French authority while disagreeing with the idea that lootboxes are gambling, does agree that they can be harmful to children with their addictive qualities. Lootboxes are currently viewed as a gray area since people who buy lootboxes are always assured that they will get something unlike in gambling where people risk losing their money for nothing. The only risk is that they don't always get what they want.<\/p>\n

The crackdown on lootboxes has been a long time coming. The Netherlands was the first to take concrete steps to limit lootboxes in a variety of games. Other countries like Australia are taking a long look at the lootbox situation<\/a> in their territories and are taking steps to deal with it. <\/p>\n

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