Published the draft of the law that will regulate the Loot Boxes in Spain, prohibiting their purchase from minors

The Loot Boxes They are lottery-style reward boxes that are offered in some games. In Spain they want to regulate them by equating them to games of chance, since their operation is very similar. It is now available draft of the law that regulates this type of content where we see some interesting aspects of these random reward mechanisms.

As can be seen in the draft, the ministry in charge of regulating this type of content requests that implement a security mechanism what for minors cannot access this type of content. This is that the DNI will be requested to be able to buy these Loot Boxes. They also recommend using other security systems (such as parental control) to prevent the purchase of these items from any type of device to which minors have access.

It seems that this type of law can affect only to paid content whose prizes are interchangeable. That is, when loot boxes cost money, directly or indirectly (this includes virtual currencies and NFTs). In this way, games like FIFA that profit from selling envelopes or Overwatch 2 which will eliminate this type of boxes in its new delivery.

The law It can be reviewed until July 23 where it will be sent to the Council of Ministers for its subsequent approval, which will give way to processing in the Cortes Generales as a bill.

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