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Something had to be done - Children will find it much harder to go on sugar-fueled loot box binges in future, as the UK ga...

The UK wants to better protect children and vulnerable people from the habits loot boxes help form. Loot boxes are now regulated in the UK, for children at least.

The European Commission should better protect children with stricter consumer rules for digital coins and videogame loot boxes, the Dutch government said, according to a discussion paper seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The EU executive late last year sought feedback on whether to overhaul the existing EU consumer law for the digital world. The Dutch said an area of concern was increasing digital coins usage for paying in an app or in videogames, with children as the most vulnerable to this practice.

The government has spent nearly three years on plans to regulate the use of loot boxes.

The UK games industry has agreed to restrict access to in-game loot boxes for children via a set of industry guidelines…