{"id":6319,"date":"2018-12-04T05:34:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6319"},"modified":"2018-12-04T05:34:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:34:26","slug":"australian-senate-takes-no-action-on-loot-boxes-after-committee-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/australian-senate-takes-no-action-on-loot-boxes-after-committee-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian senate takes no action on loot boxes after committee report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laws surrounding loot boxes will stay as is in Australia for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Environment and Communications Committee&#8217;s report into video game loot boxes was delivered to the Australian senate last week, noting that a consensus around the world had not been reached on whether the practice should be considered gambling.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee essentially recommended that no action be taken and that loot boxes not come under harsher regulatory framework moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The senator who chaired the inquiry, Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, said he disagrees with the committee\u2019s finding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany loot boxes utilise a number of psychological mechanisms commonly seen in other forms of gambling, including variable ratio reinforcement schedules, entrapment and ready and constant availability,\u201d Senator Steele-John said. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What are loot boxes?\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/loot-boxes\/\">What exactly are loot boxes?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, it was argued that the risk to children, young people and even vulnerable adults from developing gambling-related harms through interaction with loot boxes was of such significance that regulators should seek to either prohibit, or restrict access to games containing loot boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs chair, I sought to follow this evidence and recommended the Parliament take action to ensure that no young person who plays video games is exploited by gambling-like mechanisms. Labor and the Coalition combined to outvote me in this effort and replace the committee\u2019s considered and appropriate recommendations with a single watered-down recommendation for a government review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as <a title=\"USA begins loot box investigation\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us-plans-its-own-investigation-into-loot-boxes-after-public-outcry\/\">the USA begins to investigate the practice<\/a>, that has already gone through significant debate in Belgium, UK, <a title=\"Ireland gives loot boxes green light\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/ireland-gives-loot-boxes-the-green-light-after-gaming-review\/\">Ireland and most of Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to bring you news as it comes to hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Environment and Communications Committee&#8217;s report into video game loot boxes was delivered to the Australian senate last week, noting that a consensus around the world had not been reached on whether the practice should be considered gambling.<\/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":[13,392,68],"class_list":["post-6319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-loot-boxes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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