The Dutch Gambling Authority (DGA) currently investigates what games are still using loot boxes that violate the new laws made in this regard.

Back in April, the authority mentioned above ruled that games are in violating with the gambling laws, and expressed its intent to ban these titles if no measures were taken.

“They are designed as gambling games are designed, with the feeling that you have almost won”, the director of the Authority said back in April. “There are all sorts of sound effects and visual effects when you open such a loot box, so you have a tendency to play through and through.”

“I call on all game companies not to make loot boxes accessible to children anymore and to remove addictive elements.”

If DGA finds any problems with the given game, the publisher behind it can pay fines up to € 830.000,00, or, if that’s more, 10% of the given publisher’s global revenue.

Source: WCCFTech