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Lootboxes: Advice to the Gambling Commission from ABSG

ABSG has given advice to the Gambling Commission in regards to lootboxes. This advice outlines what lootboxes are, concerns around them, and how to protect consumers.

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Published
13 August 2021

Last updated
12 August 2021 - Changes

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Contents

• Lootboxes: Advice to the Gambling Commission from ABSG

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• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Background
• Evidence of harm
• Summary of key points
• Links to current harmful behaviour
• Links to future harmful gambling
• High levels of unplanned expenditure
• Under-utilisation of existing consumer law
• International approaches
• Conclusions
• Annex A: Links to Recent Research with abstract summaries on key conclusions
• Annex B: Extract from ABSG advice (published July 2019)

Evidence of harm

Contents

1. Summary of key points A summary of the key points found in the research into evidence of harm for lootboxes.
2. Links to current harmful behaviour A look at the links between current harmful gambling behaviour and lootboxes.
3. Links to future harmful gambling A look at the links between future harmful gambling behaviour and lootboxes.
4. High levels of unplanned expenditure A look at the high levels of unplanned expenditure, including case studies that can help us to form a more evidence based picture of gambling harms.

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