Riot Games—Brazilian court fined Riot Games R$15M over League of Legends loot boxes marketed to children
A Federal District (Brasilia) court ruled on June 17, 2026 that Riot Games and twelve other gaming and platform companies failed to protect children from randomized 'loot box' purchase mechanics, in a civil action brought by Brazil's National Association of Child and Adolescent Defense Centers (ANCED). Riot was fined R$15 million (~$2.94M) over loot-box mechanics in League of Legends, as part of a R$298M (~$58.4M) collective judgment against the named companies. The court ordered Riot, within 90 days, to display explicit randomness warnings, disclose item-drop probabilities, deploy reliable (non-self-declared) age verification blocking minors from loot-box purchases, and provide a free refund system for purchases made by minors without parental authorization; noncompliance carries a daily fine of R$100,000. The ruling is subject to appeal.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Safety | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Consumer Protection | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.322 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)× agency (negligent ×0.5)
Evidence (1 signal)
Federal District court judgment orders Riot Games to pay R$15M and implement child-safety measures for League of Legends loot boxes
Brazil's 1st Court of Childhood and Youth of the Federal District ruled that Riot Games, along with twelve other gaming and tech companies, must pay fines and implement age verification, probability disclosure, and refund mechanisms for loot-box mechanics accessible to minors, with a daily R$100,000 penalty for noncompliance.