Gambling, meanwhile, is restricted to adults above 18.
researchers wrote in a 2022 report, is “problematic,” in no small part because these games are regularly played by children and young people. Selling loot boxes in popular video games, the U.K. Loot boxes don’t meet the legal definition of gambling, but they often take pages out of the same book. In addition to an aesthetic benefit, packs have a small chance of containing “rare” or “legendary” players who can strengthen one’s team in-game. Gamers can purchase packs and collect famous soccer stars to play on their team. Take the popular “FIFA” video game franchise, for instance, which has introduced loot boxes in the form of player packs. More and more, digital games seemed to be incorporating something called “loot boxes”-a surprise bag of random in-game goodies players could acquire in exchange for real-world money. A team of researchers from Newcastle University and Loughborough University in the United Kingdom had pressing questions about a feature of many popular video games.
