Re:Casino-like apps have drained people of millions
by clegs on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:43AM
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Not only can’t you cash out these apps but the apps are basically charging for zeros. They give players the option of buying and playing $10,000 chips for $3.99 or you can get “value” instead by buying $1,000,000,000 chips for $99. Gameplay is the same in both just with more zeros
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Re:Casino-like apps have drained people of millions
by hunterloftis on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:39PM
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And according to the article those $99-type whales are elevated into the "high-rollers" areas where the amounts gambled for are larger... leading to a similar amount of playtime at "higher stakes" only because of digital zeros.
$3.99 to make 100 spins at fake-$100 each, vs $99 to make 100 spins at fake-$10,000 each. (numbers totally made up, btw)