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Valve has been forced to halt CS:GO and DOTA 2 trades for Dutch gamers after loot box controversies
Both the Dutch and Belgian gaming authorities have found that loot boxes and their resultant item trades constitute a form of gambling, and the Dutch have put their foot down. They’ve slapped Valve with a bit of legal muscle suggesting that if they hadn’t fixed the “gambling” issue by yesterday, Valve might have been in a bit of legal hot water.
Geoffrey Tim