In April of 2018, Belgium contested the in-game purchasable player packs in EA’s FIFA, claiming them to be of a gambling nature since you don’t know the outcome of the purchase. This meant that EA would have to have a license to sell the packs, which they didn’t. EA has basically been violating the Belgian law for quite a while.
The good news is that EA has finally made the decision to stop selling the “loot boxes” in Belgium and they are very sorry on their customers b
It remains to be seen if other European countries will follow suit. Something we dearly hope here at Don’t Pay the