{"id":89442,"date":"2018-10-02T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=89442"},"modified":"2018-10-02T08:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:13:17","slug":"electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19\u2026 And They Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electronic Arts (EA) has for the first time included loot box odds in its new FIFA 19 video game. The newest instalment to the wildly popular soccer series was released Friday and immediately shot to the top of the charts.<\/p>\n

\"FIFA
Paris St-Germain\u2019s Kylian Mbappe shows off his skills in FIFA19, but getting your hands on the \u201cOne to Watch\u201d version could cost you some serious cash, according to the newly published odds. (Image: Electronic Arts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Significantly, the inclusion of odds comes after reports that the Belgian Prosecutors office is considering criminal proceedings<\/a> against EA for breaching the country\u2019s gambling laws.<\/p>\n

In May, the Belgian gambling regulator published its opinion that certain loot-box mechanisms in several popular video games constituted illegal gambling.<\/p>\n

The microtransactions in FIFA 18 were a \u201cgame of chance in the sense of the Gaming and Betting Act,\u201d it wrote.<\/p>\n

FUT-ing the Bill \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The regulator published a list of recommendations as to how games publishers could alter their games to comply with the law — one of which was to display the chances of winning. It was a recommendation EA appeared to be ignoring<\/a>, until the arrival of FIFA 19.<\/p>\n

\n

In the two most recent editions of the FIFA series, players can buy loot boxes — or \u201cFUT packs\u201d — using in-game or real-world currency to have a randomized chance to win star players or items that will help them progress through the game, the aim of which is to build the best team possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The most highly sought-after cards in FUT packs are the \u201cOnes to Watch\u201d cards because they offer gamers select players that can grow their skill sets over-time beyond the regular threshold. This means you can have not just a Ronaldo in your team but a turbo-charged \u201csuper-Ronaldo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cost of Winning<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ones to Watch cards are rare — that\u2019s entirely the point — but FIFA 19 reveals for the first time just how rare they are.<\/p>\n

For example, a \u201cPremium Electrum Players Pack\u201d costs 250 FIFA points, which can be purchased for $2.49. According to EA, these packs offer gamers a \u201cless than one percent\u201d chance to win a Ones to Watch card.<\/p>\n

That means a gamer with statistically average amount of luck would have to spend $249 to get just one — and there 11 players in a team.<\/p>\n

It’s true, you can also earn the packs through winning matches and unlocking achievements, but a big complaint about FIFA games is that the time needed to do this means it\u2019s almost impossible without resorting to in-game microtransactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electronic Arts (EA) has for the first time included loot box odds in its new FIFA 19 video game. The newest instalment to the wildly popular soccer series was released Friday and immediately shot to the top of the charts. Significantly, the inclusion of odds comes after reports that the Belgian Prosecutors office is considering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":89443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3313,3312,11,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nElectronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-02T20:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-02T15:13:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"676\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/\",\"name\":\"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-02T20:00:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-02T15:13:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":676,\"caption\":\"Paris St Germain\u2019s Kilian Mbappe shows off his skills in FIFA19, but to get your hands on the \u201cOne to Watch\u201d version could cost you some serious cash, according to the newly published odds. (Image: Electronic Arts)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/entertainment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19\u2026 And They Suck\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19","description":"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19","og_description":"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2018-10-02T20:00:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-02T15:13:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":676,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/","name":"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png","datePublished":"2018-10-02T20:00:14+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-02T15:13:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Electronic Art releases FIFA 19, which includes gamers\u2019 odds of winning highly desirable players through the loot box system. Let\u2019s just say they\u2019re not good.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FIFA19.png","width":1200,"height":676,"caption":"Paris St Germain\u2019s Kilian Mbappe shows off his skills in FIFA19, but to get your hands on the \u201cOne to Watch\u201d version could cost you some serious cash, according to the newly published odds. (Image: Electronic Arts)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/electronic-arts-bows-to-pressure-discloses-loot-box-odds-for-fifa-19\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Electronic Arts Bows to Pressure, Discloses Loot Box Odds for FIFA 19\u2026 And They Suck"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}