Please refresh the page and retry. Loot boxes are not recognised as gambling under UK law as the rewards they dispense have no real-world value outside of the games. S he said that although the rewards loot boxes give had no real-world value regulators often underestimated how valuable and desirable they are to gamers. Loot box features have been particularly lucrative in games such as Lopt Ultimate Team, where they allow players to buy randomised packs of players for their online football teams. L oot boxes have already become a prevalent business model for mobile and PC games where developers have found success by making games cheaper or free and then making money with microtransactions that allow players to moneu rewards or speed up progress. T he game initially locked many of the best weapons and characters, bxes as Luke Skywalker, behind hours of gameplay or paid-for loot boxes. We urge you to turn off your ad mudh for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our q...