▲ 349 ▼ Brazil's president has signed a ban on selling loot boxes to minors as part of a larger online child safety law (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49748743 The loot box ban will go into effect in March.
[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (4 children) Do pokemon cards require a gambling license? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) So... does anything you pay for money that results in a random 'prize' even if the prize is equal value everytime... should require a gambling license? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You make a good point. But some games just really need to stop the addictive gamba. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago No, specifically not if the prize is equal value every time. The prize not having equal value every time is exactly what makes it gambling. That said, what the Tulip Mania taught us is that the prizes never have equal value so long as they're different enough and/or have different rarities. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) So... does anything you pay for money that results in a random 'prize' even if the prize is equal value everytime... should require a gambling license? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You make a good point. But some games just really need to stop the addictive gamba. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago No, specifically not if the prize is equal value every time. The prize not having equal value every time is exactly what makes it gambling. That said, what the Tulip Mania taught us is that the prizes never have equal value so long as they're different enough and/or have different rarities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) So... does anything you pay for money that results in a random 'prize' even if the prize is equal value everytime... should require a gambling license? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You make a good point. But some games just really need to stop the addictive gamba. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago No, specifically not if the prize is equal value every time. The prize not having equal value every time is exactly what makes it gambling. That said, what the Tulip Mania taught us is that the prizes never have equal value so long as they're different enough and/or have different rarities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago You make a good point. But some games just really need to stop the addictive gamba. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago No, specifically not if the prize is equal value every time. The prize not having equal value every time is exactly what makes it gambling. That said, what the Tulip Mania taught us is that the prizes never have equal value so long as they're different enough and/or have different rarities. permalink fedilink source parent