EA VP of legal and government affairs Kerry Hopkins told the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports committee that loot boxes in popular EA titles were “quite ethical and quite fun, quite enjoyable to people.” Hopkins likened the loot boxes, which contain randomly selected virtual goods purchased with cash or virtual currency, to the mystery-toy-inside-chocolate Kinder Joy Egg product. The executive also denied that there is evidence that shows loot boxes lead to gambling” and these are unethical.
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EA VP of legal and government affairs Kerry Hopkins told the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports committee that loot boxes in popular EA titles were “quite ethical and quite fun, quite enjoyable to people.” Hopkins likened the loot boxes, which contain randomly selected virtual goods purchased with cash or virtual currency, to the mystery-toy-inside-chocolate Kinder Joy Egg product. The executive also denied that there is evidence that shows loot boxes lead to gambling” and these are unethical. |
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After sharing his vision for a global connected economy with Bitcoin SV in Bogota, nChain lead ccientist Dr. Craig Wright was acknowledged by the City Council for his work as the creator of Bitcoin.
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An announcement from Mozilla has exposed the fact that hackers took advantage of a “type confusion vulnerability” to target unsuspecting cryptocurrency users.
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The second staging of the CasinoBeats Summit, happening in London on September 17-20, will see the attendance of over 1,000 executives from the world’s largest gambling operators.
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| Congratulations to Paysafe Group for winning the ‘Payments Processor of the Year’ award at the inaugural American Gambling Awards! The global payment provider has brought its iGaming payments platform to the US after PASPA was repealed in 2018. |
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