• Mangosniper@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    No, it’s not gaming, it’s gambling. Gaming is if you get exactly what was promised for exactly what you payed. Gambling is if you maybe get what was promised while being disguised in gaming mechanics to be more appealing. And yes, loot boxes in games are gambling and should be banned.

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      1 year ago

      OK… but it literally is ‘games’ that you play for money. The law governing gambling is referred to as Gaming Law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_law

      All gambling games also meet the definition for ‘games’, which is likely why they also use that term.

      Game: a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck.

      Some people enjoy the extra risk/reward added to games and can do it responsibly.

      Go witchhunt all the gambling adverts to kids but let me play blackjack sometimes.

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        The law governing gambling is referred to as Gaming Law

        That’s by design to make it sound like a good thing. The more accurate “gambling” has gotten deservedly negative connotations and the even more accurate “almost certainly being tricked into throwing your money away based on misleading information from predatory rich people” is a bit of a mouthful.

        All gambling games also meet the definition for ‘games’, which is likely why they also use that term.

        The Battle of The Bulge also met the definition for “exercise”, doesn’t mean people who sold it as a way to get fit wouldn’t be fraudsters.

        let me play blackjack sometimes

        Sure! But that’s not what casinos do, that’s not how they get their money. They’re inherently predatory and fraudulent. “The House Always Wins” because the “games” are rigged.