Gamers are not able to use lootboxes in CS:GO in the Netherlands and Belgium. The malfunctioning arose following an update. At first, the marketplace was disabled. Later the market place has been re-enabled, but Lootbox opening has been remaining disabled.
“The Kansspelautoriteit accusation is different from how other countries think about loot boxes, so we hired [a] Dutch legal counsel, looked at the recent Study into loot boxes published by the Kansspelautoriteit, and learned more about Dutch law”, Valve wrote last month. “We still don’t understand or agree with the Kansspelautoriteit’s legal conclusion, and we’ve responded to explain more about CS:GO and Dota 2.”
By disabling trading and marketplace transfers, the game no longer went against Dutch law. Valve has currently stated that the implementation is only temporary and are into a more applicable solution.
Source: gameranx.com
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