United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 78669
Gambling: Interent
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22 July 2020
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1 September 2020 · Answer
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1 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of access among young people to online gambling through video games via the loot box mechanism.
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22 July 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of access among young people to online gambling through video games via the loot box mechanism.
Source: Commons
1 September 2020
Answer
Loot boxes do not fall under gambling law where the in-game items acquired are confined for use within the game and cannot be cashed out. However, the government is aware of concerns that loot boxes in video games could encourage gambling-like behaviour. ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-22/78669
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1227345
- uk · wq-1227345 · source updated 1 September 2020