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UJETI V IGRI:  LOOT BOXI, IGRE NA SREČO IN RAZVIJAJOČI SE MOŽGANI

 

 (CAUGHT IN THE GAME:  LOOT BOXES, GAMBLING AND DEVELOPING BRAIN)

 

Datum:            sreda, 3. oktober 2025

Trajanje:         10:00 do 11:15

Registracija:    od 9:50 dalje

Jezik:               angleščina

Aplikacija:       Zoom (inštalacija)

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Sodelujoči / participants:

 Dr. LEON Y. XIAO    

SLO: Leon je docent na School of Creative Media, City University v Hong Kongu. Je raziskovalec z doktoratom iz prava videoiger, še posebej s področja regulacije »loot boxov«, »gacha« ter drugih mehanizmov monetizacije v videoigrah, ki ponujajo naključne nagrade in so podobne igram na srečo. Je strokovnjak za angleško pravo in je član Odvetniške zbornice Anglije in Walesa. Za ocenjevanje skladnosti delovanja podjetij z različnimi predpisi v različnih državah uporablja empirične pravne raziskovalne metode, ki vključujejo tudi delo na terenu. Svetuje tudi oblikovalcem politik, kako izboljšati skladnost in uvesti učinkovitejšo regulacijo.

Leon

ENG:  Leon is an Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong. He researches and has a PhD in video game law, particularly the regulation of loot boxes, gacha, and other gambling-like monetisation mechanics in video games that offer random rewards. He is trained in English law and has been Called to the Bar of England and Wales. He uses empirical legal research methods to assess whether companies are complying with various rules in different countries through fieldwork, and he advises policymakers on how to improve compliance and implement more effective regulation.

 

ROB DAVIES

SLO: Rob je preiskovalni novinar za poslovno rubriko časopisa Guardian. Za svojo preiskavo o industriji iger na srečo in vladni politiki je leta 2019 prejel Britansko nagrado za novinarstvo

Komisija je takrat zapisala: „Ta raziskova o vladni politiki in industriji iger na srečo je pripeljala do odstopa ministrice. Razkria je tudi očitne nepravilnosti velikega podjetja. To je bil močan in vpliven novinarski prispevek, ki je v ospredje postavil pomembno vprašanje javnega interesa.“

Rob je avtor knjige Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain, ki temelji na njegovi poglobljeni raziskavi in analizi razvpitih praks v britanski industriji iger na srečo

Rob

ENG:  Rob Davies is an investigative reporter for the Guardian’s business desk. His investigation into the gambling industry and government policy won a British Journalism Award in 2019.

Judges said: "This investigation into government policy and the gambling industry led to the resignation of a minister. It also exposed clear wrongdoing by a major company. It was powerful, impactful journalism which brought an important public interest issue to light.”

Rob is the author of the book Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain which is based on his in-depth research and analysis of notorious practices in the UK gambling industry.

  

Dr. TINA BREGANT

SLO: Tina Bregant je slovenska pediatrinja, fiziatrinja, raziskovalka in univerzitetna predavateljica.
Specializirala se je za pediatrijo ter fizikalno in rehabilitacijsko medicino, leta 2013 pa je doktorirala s področja otroške nevrologije. Delovala je na Pediatrični kliniki v Ljubljani, v Zdravstvenem domu Medvode ter na Univerzitetnem rehabilitacijskem inštitutu Soča. Danes dela kot pediatrinja in fiziatrinja ter predava na več fakultetah Univerze v Ljubljani.

Je avtorica knjige Razburljivo popotovanje po razvijajočih se možganih, ki združuje nevroznanost in starševstvo. 

Tina_Bregant   

ENG: Tina Bregant is a Slovenian pediatrician, physiatrist, researcher, and university lecturer.
She specialized in pediatrics as well as physical and rehabilitation medicine, and in 2013 she earned her PhD in child neurology. She has worked at the Pediatric Clinic in Ljubljana, the Medvode Health Center, and the University Rehabilitation Institute Soča. Today, she practices as a pediatrician and physiatrist and lectures at several faculties of the University of Ljubljana. 

She is the author of the book Exciting Journey Through the Developing Brain (2024), which combines neuroscience and parenting.   

In 2013 she published the book Perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy - twenty years after.

 

Povzetki predavanj:

LEON Y. XIAO

Title: Regulation of gambling-like mechanics (loot boxes) and microtransactions in video games
 
SLO:  Videoigre igra več kot polovica vseh Evropejcev. Za razliko od preteklosti, ko so bili stroški, povezani z »loot boxi« , omejeni na nakupno ceno video igre, danes priljubljene igre pogosto ponujajo programsko opremo brezplačno, nato pa od igralcev zahtevajo, da opravljajo nakuper, ko so že vpleteni v zgodbo in igranje. Poraba denarja zato ni več omejena: nekateri igralci (vključno z otroki) poročajo, da mesečno zapravijo več sto ali celo več tisoč evrov. Posebej zaskrbljujoča oblika nakupov v igri oziroma mikrotransakcij so »loot boxi«. Ti izdelki, podobni igram na srečo, ponujajo naključne nagrade. Igralec ne ve, kaj bo dobil, dokler ne plača. Poraba za »loot boxe« je povezana s problematičnim igranjem na srečo, mladi, ki so porabljali denar za »loot boxe«, pa so imeli večjo verjetnost, da se bodo udeleževali tradicionalnih iger na srečo in šest mesecev pozneje porabljali več denarja tudi za te igre. Ob priznavanju skrbi igralcev in staršev je veliko držav pokazalo zanimanje za strožjo regulacijo videoiger. Opišem različne metode, ki so bile uvedene, med drugim zahtevo, da igre v oglaševanju razkrijejo prisotnost »loot boxov« (Združeno kraljestvo in EU), zahtevo, da podjetja igralcem sporočijo verjetnosti za pridobitev različnih nagrad (Kitajska in Južna Koreja), prepoved nakupa »loot boxov« za otroke brez izrecnega soglasja staršev (Združeno kraljestvo) ali celo popolno prepoved »loot boxov« (Belgija). Najpomembneje je, da bom predstavil naše preliminarne raziskovalne rezultate o izvajanju regulacije, povezane z »loot boxi«, na Hrvaškem in v Srbiji, ki smo jih pridobili z uporabo repozitorijev oglasov na družbenih omrežjih, omogočenih z Aktom o digitalnih storitvah EU. Upam, da bom s tem spodbudil več regionalnih raziskav na tem področju.
 
ENG: Video games are played by more than half of all Europeans. Unlike before, when the monetary costs associated with loot boxes were limited to the purchase price of the software, popular games today often offer the software for free but then ask players to spend money once they are invested in the story and gameplay. The amount of spending is therefore no longer capped: some players (including children) report spending hundreds or even thousands of euros a month. A particularly concerning type of in-game purchases or microtransactions is loot boxes. These gambling-like products offer random rewards. The player doesn't know what they will get until after they have paid money. Loot box spending is linked to problem gambling, and young people who spent money on loot boxes were more likely to participate in traditional gambling and spending more money on traditional gambling six months later. Recognising players' and parents' concerns, many countries are interested in regulating video games more. I will describe the different methods that have been adopted, including requiring games to disclose the presence of loot boxes in advertising (UK and EU), requiring companies to inform players of their probabilities of getting different rewards (China & South Korea), prohibiting childrenn from purchasing loot boxes until they get explicit parental consent (UK), or even banning loot boxes entirely (Belgium). Most importantly, I will share our preliminary research results on the implementation of loot box-related regulation in Croatia and Serbia using social media advertising repositories enable by the EU Digital Services Act, and I hope to encourage more regional research into these issues.
 
Z Robom Daviesom bomo opravili intervju, Dr. Tina Gaber pa nam naslov njegega prispevka še sporoči.

 

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