At the time of the decision by the Belgium Gaming Commission, those companies that fail to comply with this law could be fined €800,000 and sentenced up to five years in prison. I'm not really sure how the prison sentence would work though, but that's besides the point. It's also possible for the punishments to be doubled if minors are involved.
As it stands right now, EA is still doing the whole loot box thing in Belgium and that's bad.
Andrew Wilson of EA emphasized not to stop the 'loot boxes' for the summer. Also in FIFA 19, which ends at the end of this month, it will be possible to buy treasure boxes. According to Wilson, it is not about gambling, because players know exactly how many objects they get.
No offense to EA but the lottery also tells you the odds of winning and it's still a form of gambling. This is precisely the argument being made by the Gaming Commission when talking about games like FIFA 18 and FIFA 19.
The Gaming Commission believes that a form of gambling and other game developers already gave up the 'loot boxes'. However, EA refuses to do so. According to the Gaming Commission, the 'loot boxes' are actually an illegal game of chance because players do not know exactly what the treasure box contains when they make a purchase. Happiness determines whether or not you receive a rare object.
The article at Metrotime notes that other companies, such as Blizzard, have already removed loot boxes from their games (Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm) to comply with this decision.
