Spending Money on a Free Game: Finding the Key to Loot Box Consumer Protection Issues

Authors

• Alex Dubur

Abstract

This Essay seeks to provide readers with a holistic consideration of the consumer protection issues surrounding loot boxes. Section I discusses the role of loot boxes in the video game industry, how they became a hot topic, and a look into class action suits. Section II provides an analysis of how non-American countries approach the loot box and gambling debate. And, finally, Section III provides a brief set of solutions to this rapidly growing issue—showing that it could all be so simple.

Recommended Citation

Alex Dubur, Spending Money on a Free Game: Finding the Key to Loot Box Consumer Protection Issues, 1 Fla. Ent. & Sports L. Rev. (2022).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/feslr/vol1/iss2/6