MuxCraft did not have any gambling until 2020, where it was already in serious decline like most older german servers

They added gambling as what seemed a last ditch effort to attract new users

Yup. Folks like to bring up Roblox (rightfully) with regards to gambling and hosting shady real $money shops for in game items but AFAIK (public) Minecraft servers have been doing this since at least 2012. "Pay $20 for a 'rank' on our server! You get extra goodies!". "This special diamond sword is only $1!".

Really an under reported stat imo. These servers are under the radar.

I do agree that it is lame.

However, money sinks like gambling can be seen as a part of the in-game economy and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation.

I don’t necessarily have a problem with judicious use of it, but if the point of the server becomes buying in-game currency to lose it at the poker table, then yeah, that’s exploiting your users.

> and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation

What does this mean? What money is being taken out of circulation?

I assume the money going into their pocket, 10/10 thieves (winners) recommend theft (winning)

That's totally hyperbole. Perhaps they find themselves luckier than average - like most :) People overestimate this fairly easily/often.

It's vague... Counter point: opportunity cost. Nobody can say what will/won't happen, why even try to guess at this.

Most endeavors don't go as poorly as gambling. In my experience at least

If they talk about in-game currency, probably they mean mudflation. It's like inflation, but in games. If you can produce in-game currency out of nothing, the value drops.

Oh - I see. In-game currency is taken out of circulation.

Yes, this was what I was trying to describe.