Hawaii is leading the way in addressing the problem of loot boxes thanks to Chris Lee and multiple bills have been proposed. The bills tackle the problem on multiple fronts. First of all, they propose prohibiting the sale of a game to anyone under the age of 21 where there are randomised loot boxes that require payment. All games with loot boxes would also have to be labeled to show they included microtransactions and the odds of the rewards would also have to be disclosed.

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At the height of the controversy surrounding microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II, a Reddit user who goes by the name Kensgold posted an open letter to publisher EA and other developers in the video game industry. “I am 19 and addicted to gambling,” he wrote. Kensgold wasn’t talking about roulette tables or online poker. He was talking about spending over £10,000 on in-game purchases over the last several years.

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A US politician has condemned the "predatory practices" seen in games that feature loot boxes or crates. Games use them to give random rewards and they are acquired either through gameplay or by spending real cash. Hawaiian state representative Chris Lee said games using boxes resembled casinos and called for laws to limit their use.

Hawaii State Representative Chris Lee is taking a stand against what he calls "the spread of predatory practices in online gaming." As mentioned in an announcement specifically about EA and Star Wars Battlefront II, Lee and others are currently "looking at legislation" in the upcoming year that could prohibit the sale of games to players that are under 21 years of age, and possibly even restrict the inclusion of gambling elements, which Lee believes are present in Star Wars Battlefront II via the game's loot boxes.

The state of Victoria has joined the throng of governments who have voiced concern about the practices of loot boxes in games. Belgium and Hawaii have both come out against loot boxes today and now the state of Victoria has joined the ranks. Reddit user -Caesar wrote to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) inquiring as to the legal status of loot boxes in games.

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We clearly live in a world where gambling is regulated by laws in every single country but, for some crazy reason, it is not regulated in the gaming industry. The gaming industry is flooded with loot boxes that are presented as something fun. You invest a small amount of money to open a box, the box will contain something that is insanely valuable or something that has zero value whatsoever. The latter outcome is more probable. Sounds familiar?

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