Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers

Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by femto113 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:15PM (#11545028)

    It's sort of like a casino saying the chips are worth
    zero because the cashier works for a different company.

This is exactly how pachinko gambling works in Japan. You win a prize (doll, medal, etc.) in the pachinko parlor, and sell it at the "we buy pachinko prizes" place next door.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by zyxley on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:30PM (#11545119)

That's exactly as much of a farce—it's just one that the authorities haven't cracked down on.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by webkike on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:50PM (#11545584)

Honestly - is it? Maybe the reasons I practice fighting games all day is because I desperately need a new toaster.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by dvanduzer on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:58PM (#11546403)

It weighed heavily on my mind to upvote this, based on your username, but it is a truly insightful comment.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by webkike on Thursday April 21, 2016 @10:16PM (#11546638)

For what it's worth, the username is used by a Jewish person.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by dvanduzer on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:08AM (#11547511)

Granted, I didn't think to ask you, but I've been walking around with the same face, same name.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by dcw303 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:49PM (#11546551)

Whereas they were happy to go after DeNA and Gree with the Complete Gacha law:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/05/16/digital/japans-s...

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by daodedickinson on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:34PM (#11545148)

It's one (a subset of) the authorities profit from. So the question is, which authorities are profiting from Valve's casino?

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by umanwizard on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:13PM (#11545388)

I've heard these things are mostly run by the Yakuza? I guess they count as "authorities", in a certain restricted sense.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by chc on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:48PM (#11545573)

I think the implication is that the Yakuza have the relevant authorities in their pocket.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by tantalor on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:34PM (#11545146)

Except Valve doesn't operate the redemption site, it's a third party.

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Re:Virtual Weapons Are Turning Gamers into Serious Gamblers by tomaskafka on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:20AM (#11547732)

Distributed accountability means no accountability. Everyone knows :).

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