Comment on EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games
freeman@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoMoney, gambling is (even if obfuscated via tokens) about money.
Monopoly is not gambling because there is no (real) money involved. Uno is not gambling because there is no money involved.
utopiah@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Uno is not gambling because all decks are the same. There is no artificial scarcity to monetize, it’s literally just a game and that’s good.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
What about poker?
utopiah@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Uno can be gambling too if you start to bet on round. Anything can be gambling if you want it to but poker with non convertible tokens isn’t gambling. Betting on players also would be gambling. Anything can become gambling. If you think that’s an overstatement look at predictive markets to see how broad bettable events can be it’s
amazingscary.freeman@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
So it’s not about all decks being the same.