UK Lawmakers: Loot Boxes Should Be Classified as Gambling

Loot boxes are virtual items in games that can be bought with real-world money and do not reveal their contents in advance. A UK committee calls it gambling and wants it regulated and efforts made to keep children from playing using money. Damian Collins (l.) of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, asked the government to “explain why loot boxes should be exempt from the Gambling Act.”