{"id":669125,"date":"2026-04-03T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:09:03","slug":"new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced\/","title":{"rendered":"New study claims Belgium&#8217;s loot box law isn&#8217;t being enforced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nBack in 2018, Belgium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/now-belgium-declares-loot-boxes-gambling-and-therefore-illegal\">declared loot boxes in games were a form of gambling and therefore illegal<\/a>, but it appears this law isn&#8217;t being enforced.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLoot box researcher Leon Y Xiao has <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/hnd7w\/\">written a report<\/a> stating the country&#8217;s gambling law regulation of video game loot boxes has been ineffective, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/study-finds-that-belgiums-loot-box-ban-isnt-being-enforced\">GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDespite the ban, paid loot boxes remained widespread in the top 100 grossing iPhone games in Belgium from 2021, with 82 percent including some form of random monetisation mechanic.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-study-claims-belgiums-loot-box-law-isnt-being-enforced\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2018, Belgium declared loot boxes in games were a form of gambling and therefore illegal, but it appears this law isn&#8217;t being enforced. Loot box researcher Leon Y Xiao has written a report stating the country&#8217;s gambling law regulation of video game loot boxes has been ineffective, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. Despite the ban, paid loot boxes remained widespread in the top 100 grossing iPhone games in Belgium from 2021, with 82 percent including some form of random monetisation mechanic. 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