Austria's Supreme Court rejects player's loot-box gambling claim
Austria’s Supreme Court rejected a player’s claim that loot boxes in a football-themed game constituted illegal gambling, according to a media report. The player sought to recover about €20,000 spent between October 2017 and October 2021; the court found the player had not shown that outcomes depended entirely or mostly on chance, the report said.
The ruling provides a court assessment of whether loot boxes in a game meet Austria’s gambling test.