Sentences with phrase «constitute as gambling»

On a call with reporters this morning, ESRB president Patricia Vance said, «We certainly considered whether or not loot boxes would constitute as gambling,» adding that «we don't believe it does.

Yesterday it was revealed that Belgian authorities are investigating Star Wars Battlefront II to determine if the loot boxes within the game constitute as gambling.

«We certainly considered whether or not loot boxes would constitute as gambling.

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Unless for gamble Wenger meant the huge money needed as for him that would constitute a gamble more so than it would any us.

Despite evidence to the contrary, he claimed that these games constituted illegal gambling and were not classified as a game of skill.

This is especially true considering what happened last year with all the backlash against loot boxes in games, which many constituted as a form of gambling.

Because of the backlash to Battlefront II, Shadow of War, and similar mechanics in Need for Speed Payback, loot boxes are currently being dissected in gaming and non-gaming communities as to whether they constitute gambling.

Germany's USK rating board hasn't weighed in yet, but PEGI operations director Dirk Bosmans said in October last year that he believes it holds the same position: That «we can not define what constitutes gambling,» and therefore can not regulate loot boxes as such.

However, a number of gambling regulators, including the Belgian Gaming Commission and the Netherlands Gaming Authority, blasted publisher EA for adding the loot boxes feature as it constituted gambling.