2024-10-27 | By Philip Solberg
The Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that lootboxes in EA's FIFA games are not gambling under Austrian law. The decision considered the inability to convert in-game items back to real money. This contrasts with Belgium's 2018 ban and influences ongoing gaming regulation debates across Europe.
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