[Update] Belgium Says Loot Boxes Are Gambling, Wants Them Banned Inwards Europe

The Minister of Justice says the mix of gaming in addition to gambling is "dangerous."

Last week, Belgium's Gaming Commission announced that it had launched an investigation into whether the loot boxes available for buy inwards games similar Overwatch in addition to Star Wars Battlefront ii institute a cast of gambling. Today, VTM News reported that the ruling is in, in addition to the answer is yes.
The Google translation is a petty sloppy, every bit usual, but the message is clear enough. "The mixing of coin in addition to addiction is gambling," the Gaming Commission declared. Belgium's Minister of Justice Koen Geens every bit good weighed in, saying, "Mixing gambling in addition to gaming, peculiarly at a immature age, is unsafe for the mental wellness of the child."
Geens, according to the report, wants to ban in-game purchases outright (correction: if yous don't know just what you're purchasing), in addition to non only inwards Belgium: He said the procedure volition own got time, "because nosotros own got to larn to Europe. We volition surely seek to ban it."
And now, things volition showtime to larn interesting. I've reached out to the Gaming Commission for to a greater extent than information, in addition to volition update if I have a reply.

Thanks PC GAMER