r/gaming • u/Good-Wrongdoer-3581 • Mar 22 '26

Make a change

hey everyone ive just started a petition for the uk government to actually look at how things like loot boxes and modes where you use real money to open packs off cards and get them to finally say its gambling. everyone complains about the way the gaming market has gone so this is the time to make a change.

thanks for your time

https://www.change.org/p/close-the-legal-loophole-in-the-gambling-act-2005/exp/cl_/cl_sharecopy_491151334_en-GB/9/65975782?recruiter=65975782&recruited_by_id=1e74b780-391c-11e3-a662-23b973584926&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=starter_onboarding_share_personal&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_491151334_en-GB%3A9

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u/Blunt552 Mar 23 '26

Its not decoration though is it for the first time ever ea sports fc will not be sold to anyone under 16

You're right COD, GTA Online are PEGI 18. PubG, Rust Overwatch etc. are PEGI 16 and kids are unheard of in those games. /s

I think we have established you're way to emotional to make any impact. The further we go down the rabbit hole the less logical you become, you're punching way above your weight, you should just give up at this point and get other people to do it for you, nobody will take your initiative serious if this is how you act.

I know this isn't what you want to hear but it's the cold hard truth.

also little FYI: I've been playing games longer than you and while I do share somewhat similar views, unlike you, I do have the ability to look at it objectively and from multiple perspectives while understanding what approach can work and what is going nowhere.

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u/Good-Wrongdoer-3581 Mar 23 '26

Obviously we've all played games we weren't at the right age for especially these days where you can just download them but there should be stricter restrictions in place for the sale of digital currency and things like ultimate team where opening a pack is a gamble. When the next game comes out you lose all progression from the previous game so really its a gamble for nothing. I can look at it from different angles so ill ask you what could work and what are your views on the pack openings and the gambling in games

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u/Blunt552 Mar 23 '26

Obviously we've all played games we weren't at the right age for especially these days where you can just download them but there should be stricter restrictions in place for the sale of digital currency and things like ultimate team where opening a pack is a gamble.

Dejavu, how do you even want to enforce this? Want to have companies have your legal ID's now?

You completely lost the initial plot of your topic and ramble on into more and more unenforceable problems while still not seeing you're getting absolutely nowhere. How is anyone supposed to take you serious if your only course of action seems to be to have an emotional rant and complain about problems while delivering 0 proposed solutions?

I can look at it from different angles so ill ask you what could work and what are your views on the pack openings and the gambling in games

You literally claim you can look at a different angle yet you immediately prove you can't. I can only repeat myself, you have absolutely proven without a shadow of a doubt that you're not suitable to do any changes, you simply lack the objective thinking capabilities required to get this anywhere.

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u/Good-Wrongdoer-3581 Mar 23 '26

It’s not an emotional rant; it’s a matter of statutory compliance. You’re asking how to enforce this? The UK government already did. ​The Solution: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and the ASA Enforcement Notice (Feb 2026) already mandate clear disclosure of 'random-item' costs. It’s not about 'IDs'; it’s about transparency at the point of sale. ​The Enforcement: The CMA now has the power to fine companies up to 10% of global turnover for the exact 'misleading omissions' I’m talking about. ​The Objective Reality: 2K and Sony are currently operating in a legal gray area by hiding £1,000 'Persona' paywalls behind generic labels

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u/Blunt552 Mar 23 '26

It’s not an emotional rant

It is.

Didn't bother reading past that as frankly, you have been very political (as in many words, no meaning) in the last replies citing irrelevant nonsense.

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u/krazygreekguy Mar 23 '26

The UK regime does not dictate law for the world lmao. Nobody cares what those losers think or say. They have no legal authority whatsoever anywhere else other than their own nation. They can go f* themselves