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minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·1 year agoAnd the fact is they still make a mountain of cash every quarter, just by focusing on their customers.
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI don’t know about that. They run one of the most predatory examples of gambling in gaming. The new EU ruling really brought to light how big of a problem the CS:GO gambling is.
minus-squareReddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoIs gambling really that bad though? It’s voluntary. Valve isn’t forcing you to buy keys or cases if you don’t want them
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s addictive. We regulate other addictive things like cigarettes, no reason we shouldn’t put guard rails on gambling. We already do, but I think we’ve got to the end regs in a few areas.
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoSame argument could be made for Heroin that is illegal as fuck.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agobut what about the latest investment fad like AI or NFTs? Won’t they think of the poor scammers?
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago And the fact is they still make a mountain of cash every quarter, just by focusing on their customers. “Win-Win” for the win!
And the fact is they still make a mountain of cash every quarter, just by focusing on their customers.
I don’t know about that. They run one of the most predatory examples of gambling in gaming.
The new EU ruling really brought to light how big of a problem the CS:GO gambling is.
Is gambling really that bad though? It’s voluntary. Valve isn’t forcing you to buy keys or cases if you don’t want them
It’s addictive. We regulate other addictive things like cigarettes, no reason we shouldn’t put guard rails on gambling. We already do, but I think we’ve got to the end regs in a few areas.
Same argument could be made for Heroin that is illegal as fuck.
but what about the latest investment fad like AI or NFTs? Won’t they think of the poor scammers?
“Win-Win” for the win!