Hawaii State Rep Says Loot Boxes Are Close Enough To Gambling, Is Sure EA Will Try This Again Soon

Hawaii State Rep Says Loot Boxes Are Close Enough To Gambling, Is Sure EA Will Try This Again Soon

7 years ago
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https://wccftech.com/hawaii-state-rep-loot-boxes-gambling/

At the height of the loot boxes controversy, Hawaii State representatives Chris Lee and Sean Quinlan issued a press conference (of which you can watch the highlights here) to decry the predatory practices employed by Electronic Arts in Star Wars Battlefront II.

In a follow-up interview with RollingStone’s Glixel, Sean Quinlan addressed the response of several organizations (the ESA, the ESRB and others) which stated that loot boxes do not technically fit the legal definition of gambling.