Resilience towards gambling | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Young people can experience gambling activities through online gaming using virtual currency (meaning no real monetary value).

• False

• True

Why is the risk of being exposed to gambling-like features higher in free-to-play games?

• Free-to-play games have advertisements in them to keep them free and often feature ads for online casinos.

• It isn’t higher. Games which are advertised as free-to-play are not permitted by law to charge for content.

• Since the games are free to download, the chance of being exposed to loot boxes is much higher.

How do children spend money in games?

• Connect a voucher or debit card and pay real money or convert money into virtual currency.

• Normal currencies, like pounds, are not accepted, so players have to use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

• They don’t - Once you’ve bought a game, you automatically have access to all the features.

How can children buy paid-for virtual currencies?

• They can use prepaid vouchers that don’t always require age verification, in addition to debit cards.

• They have to ask their parents’ permission and use their debit card.

• Under-18s are not allowed to buy virtual currencies so children won’t be able to buy them.

Why are loot boxes so controversial?

• Because the contents are undisclosed, forcing the player to ‘gamble’ for items.

• Because they are VERY expensive and the contents are rarely worth the price.

• Because you have to buy them to progress in a game.