Microtransactions

What are loot boxes?
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BBC Teach
Posted
2 July 2024
Government says loot boxes will not be regulated
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Technology
Posted
18 July 2022
Report blasts "manipulative" video game loot boxes
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Technology
Posted
31 May 2022
Genshin Impact earns $2 billion in its first year
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Newsbeat
Posted
30 September 2021
Video game loot boxes: Another form of gambling?
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Technology
Posted
23 September 2020
Loot boxes: I blew my parents' savings on Fifa
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Business
Posted
9 July 2020
Gamers to be warned about ‘loot boxes’
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Technology
Posted
14 April 2020
Fortnite boss says game loot boxes 'cause harm'
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Technology
Posted
14 February 2020
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What happens when you ban loot boxes in gaming?
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Newsbeat
Posted
12 September 2019
'Ban kids from loot box gambling in games'
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Technology
Posted
12 September 2019
Fifa packs and loot boxes 'not gambling' in UK
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Technology
Posted
22 July 2019
'The kids emptied our bank account playing Fifa'
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Technology
Posted
9 July 2019
Nintendo removes mobile games in Belgium
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Technology
Posted
23 May 2019
Loot boxes should be banned, says senator
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Technology
Posted
9 May 2019
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99
China replaces PUBG with patriotic game
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Technology
Posted
8 May 2019
Fifa to stop selling in-game currency in Belgium
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Newsbeat
Posted
30 January 2019
Fortnite loot box llamas go 'see-through'
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Technology
Posted
28 January 2019
Gaming worth more than video and music
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Technology
Posted
3 January 2019
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533
The Gamble Network. How gambling interests bought a country. Audio, 28 minutes
How a small island in the Caribbean became a haven for unregulated online gambling
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Gamble Network. The Loot Box scandal. Audio, 28 minutes
Does the business model of video games companies encourage children into gambling?
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BBC Radio 4
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The Skin Trade. Audio, 30 minutes
Children are being lured into gambling with virtual currencies invented for computer games
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year