The ESA Responds To Hawaii's Proposed Loot Box Regulation

However, it may not matter what the ESA or the ESRB say, given that Hawaiian state representative Chris Lee has spearheaded bills for legislation at the House and Senate level, both of which will introduce stricter regulation on video games that contain premium loot boxes. The bills would enforce disclosures by publishers and ratings boards to inform parents if a game contains randomized rewards or virtual items that can be acquired through randomized rewards for an exchange of real money. Additionally, the bills would prohibit the sale of these games to anyone under the age of 21, as loot boxes in premium games would be classified as gambling.