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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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