CS:GO update blocks players in Netherlands and Belgium from opening loot boxes
A new CS:GO update
has blocked players in the Netherlands and Belgium from opening containers - the game's version of loot boxes.
Valve's change comes after both Dutch and Belgian authorities declared some in-game loot boxes were gambling and warned publishers to remove them from games or face the consequences.
In April, the Netherlands' gaming authority looked at the loot boxes in 10 games and found four contravened its Betting and Gaming Act. It did not publicly name the games in question.