{"id":6294,"date":"2018-12-03T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T05:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2018-12-03T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T05:55:11","slug":"us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOOT boxes are the issue that won’t go away for gaming developers as the United States becomes the latest nation to investigate the issue and it’s relationship with gambling.<\/p>\n

The United States Federal Trade Commission has announced it will investigate video game loot boxes \u2014 the source of much controversy over the last few years in online gaming. <\/p>\n

A ‘loot box’ is a digital package that players can buy<\/a>, containing mystery in-game items. There is an argument in some countries that they encourage gambling in young, sometimes underage, susceptible customers.<\/p>\n

FTC chairman Joseph Simon address the the United States Congressional Oversight Committee this week, confirming that his agency would look into the controversy, following an attack from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, who went public in recent weeks, calling loot boxes an \u2018endemic\u2019 that is providing a direct link to gambling for children.<\/p>\n

Hassan referenced a report from the UK Gambling Commission that highlighted 31 per cent of its children had opened a loot box in a video game.<\/p>\n

Despite the UK’s Gambling Commission report, it does not constitute loot boxes as gambling, but in other countries, like Belgium, they are deemed unlawful.<\/p>\n

Giant video game company Electronic Arts has denied loot boxes are gambling and refused to remove the random player packs from its most popular title, FIFA 19<\/a>, triggering a potential show down in the Belgian court.<\/p>\n

Loot boxes are worth a reported $30 billion globally and are set to exceed $50 billion by 2022 according to a report by Juniper Research<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States Federal Trade Commission has announced it will investigate video game loot boxes \u2014 the source of much controversy over the last few years in online gaming. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,68,77],"class_list":["post-6294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-loot-boxes","tag-uk"],"yoast_head":"\nUS plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States Federal Trade Commission has announced it will investigate video game loot boxes \u2014 the source of much controversy over the last few years in online gaming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esport Bet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@esportbetcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@esportbetcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19a7544dcef76dfaf3be038555dfdbf3\"},\"headline\":\"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Featured\",\"loot boxes\",\"UK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"eSports Betting News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\",\"name\":\"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"UKGC loot boxes position\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/\",\"name\":\"Esport Bet\",\"description\":\"Global ESports & Gaming News, Reviews, Forums, Betting Sites, Bookmakers Odds, Tips, Free Bets & Bonuses\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"eSportBet\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/esb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/esb.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":563,\"caption\":\"eSportBet\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/esportbetcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19a7544dcef76dfaf3be038555dfdbf3\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e151a2295f1295241271c1c20044dacd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e151a2295f1295241271c1c20044dacd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/author\/staff-writer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet","og_description":"The United States Federal Trade Commission has announced it will investigate video game loot boxes \u2014 the source of much controversy over the last few years in online gaming.","og_url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/","og_site_name":"Esport Bet","article_published_time":"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@esportbetcom","twitter_site":"@esportbetcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19a7544dcef76dfaf3be038555dfdbf3"},"headline":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry","datePublished":"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/"},"wordCount":258,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg","keywords":["Featured","loot boxes","UK"],"articleSection":["eSports Betting News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/","url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/","name":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry - Esport Bet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-03T05:55:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ukgc_loot_boses.jpg","width":1200,"height":700,"caption":"UKGC loot boxes position"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US plans its own investigation into loot boxes after public outcry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/","name":"Esport Bet","description":"Global ESports & Gaming News, Reviews, Forums, Betting Sites, Bookmakers Odds, Tips, Free Bets & Bonuses","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#organization","name":"eSportBet","url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/esb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/esb.jpg","width":1000,"height":563,"caption":"eSportBet"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/esportbetcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19a7544dcef76dfaf3be038555dfdbf3","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e151a2295f1295241271c1c20044dacd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e151a2295f1295241271c1c20044dacd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/author\/staff-writer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6302,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions\/6302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}