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Re:Diablo III Economy Broken by an Integer Overflow Bug by maaku on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @01:13PM (#5675451)
How is clicking on monsters to get drops different from a slot machine or pachinko? - Those are illegal in many jurisdictions.
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Re:Diablo III Economy Broken by an Integer Overflow Bug by bskap on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @02:16PM (#5675871)
Because you aren't likely to lose money clicking on monsters.

Also, by that logic, buying a pack of baseball cards is gambling.

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Re:Diablo III Economy Broken by an Integer Overflow Bug by alex_c on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @02:14PM (#5675855)
Probably something to do with not having to pay to play. That's a pretty big difference.
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