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The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, has opened the ban against the so-called reward boxes or "loot boxes" of video games calling them "perverse system" and accusing them of being a mechanism that encourages gambling among minors.

The 'loot boxes' are a system of rewards, with the payment of a small amount of money , in which players receive random prizes as if it were a raffle.

This is a very popular dynamic in some of the fashion titles in this industry such as FIFA 20, Counter Strike or Overwatch . In return, consumers receive weapons, athletes or equipment, depending on the theme of the video game in question

According to the government, they are a type of harmful prize as long as they are obtained by paying small amounts of money specially designed to attract the younger audience .

Before the Congress of Deputies

The minister announced this Friday during his first appearance before the corresponding commission of the Congress to present the general lines of action from his ministerial portfolio.

An appointment in which he has also taken the opportunity to show his intention to launch a new comprehensive plan to promote healthy eating .

" A label that encourages healthy consumption and discourages what is harmful ," said the minister.

The minister has been concerned about commercial information aimed at children who stimulate the consumption of unhealthy products. Garzón argues that it is regulated and has advanced that the legal figure of "vulnerable consumer" will be introduced into the legislation in order to protect women, minors and other groups at greater risk of exclusion.

The problem of the 'loot boxes'

The minister intends to regulate the " loot boxes ", because, he explained, they are one of the loyalty strategies of companies in this sector, according to which the user pays small figures of real money for a prize , such as "a player who shoots better or put more baskets "and that is randomly drawn.

According to the minister, this system of random rewards can make "a 15 or 16 year old girl ask her father for 10 euros, and another 10, and another 10", giving way to "compulsive" behaviors that are worrying the Ministry because they open the way to problematic play among minors without their parents being aware of the risk of these harmful elements of video games.

With this measure, the Executive also intends to standardize Spanish legislation in this area with that of other countries in our environment in the European Union, which have been regulating these systems of random rewards in the virtual world for years.

For the minister, the royal decree is "a giant step" and the exit of the "law of the jungle" through the formula of the royal decree , which they chose with the intention that the new sports season can start in September with publicity of the game already subject to regulation.

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