For bare få minutter siden kunne vi afsløre, at den belgiske hasardspilkommission har afgjort, at Loot Boxes kan betragtes som "gambling", og at de har i sinde at enten kraftigt regulere eller helt og holdent bandlyse denne praksis.
Men, dette er ikke den eneste politiske udmelding imod Loot Box-implementering som koncept. Den hawaiianske politiker, Chris Lee, har for nylig afholdt et pressemøde, hvor han annoncerede at han, og andre politikere, vil bekæmpe Loot Box-implementering fremadrettet.
Han brugte særligt Star Wars Battlefront II som eksempel, og han beskyldte spillet for at være et "casino marketed at children".
"These kinds of lootboxes and microtransactions are explicitly designed to prey upon and exploit human psychology in the same way casino games are so designed. This is especially true for young adults who child psychologists and other experts explain are particularly vulnerable. These exploitive mechanisms and the deceptive marketing promoting them have no place in games being marketed to minors, and perhaps no place in games at all."
Selvom staten Hawaii måske ikke lyder af meget, har Lee afsløret at han er i dialog med en række andre amerikanske stater, så noget kunne tyde på, at et større lovforslag er under opsejling.
"While we are stepping up to act in Hawaii, we have also been in discussions with our counterparts in a number of other states who are also considering how to address this issue. Change is difficult at the federal level, but states can and are taking action."