Wonder how much money went under the table here. FIFA is an enormously powerful organization.

The loot boxes require skill? How?

Found this study, but no mention of skill influencing the outcome of opening a loot box.

Children can’t chat online but they can play digital pokies. Sounds legit.

The decision does not apply to every game, instead the courts would have to look at each game to see if loot boxes would be considered gambling or not.

From the article:

The Supreme Court of Austria has ruled that the loot boxes in the FIFA games do not constitute gambling as they do require some skill.

GamesMarkt reports that the justices in Vienna have decided that the specific game mechanic in FIFA Ultimate Team is not gambling, but they also state that loot boxes can be gambling. To be specific, loot boxes and the games they are part of need to be taken together on this matter.

I'd like to see these justices demonstrate the skill involved in opening these loot boxes. What are the hot strats?

The only possible way that a lot box can be skill based is of they are only given as play rewards. Which I have no problem with. You win a match, you get loot.

But if you can purchase loot boxes, then skill has nothing to do with it.

Is there a cash market for the in-game items?