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I well never understand why people would be dumb enough to play in online casinos, or any other form of digitalized gambling.

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I can go out for a night with movies and dinner and spend $200. Or I can go to the casino, spend the same but with a chance I actually get some back

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That’s some very expensive dinner…

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Not really. Dinner including drinks for me and my wife will be $120 plus another $60 for movie and popcorn and that’s low balling it

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3 points

for fun? It’s just gaming for money if you think about it.

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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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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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3 points

yea same here lol

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