Think real gambling will come to gaming soon?

[Kane99]

And before anyone says that we already have it, yes I know. Microtransactions and loot boxes have pretty much been our version of gambling in games. But, with the recent news of sports betting blowing up as of late, it got me thinking that video games could be the next one to offer some sort of real gambling. I hope it never happens honestly, because the whole idea is dumb. If it were to happen, they wouldn't be able to let any of these games go to kids and they'd for sure have to find a method of making sure those playing are actual legal adults. 

But, do you think there's a possibility this can happen in future video games? Or maybe we'll start to see games released with gambling options. What do you guys think? Could this be a real possibility? 

Also, I'm not referring to gambling on video games themselves, as in betting on a game between people. I'm referring to actual gambling options built into the games themselves, where you can win money playing the game. Sorry in advance if this has caused any confusion. 

[The Blackangel]

You can already gamble through apps as if you were actually in a casino. Real money, virtual slot machine. Virtual poker. Virtual blackjack. All with real money.

I don't remember the title, but there was a game released, that the more you played, the more money you could make doing it. I think it was a mobile game and went the way of the dodo several years ago.

As for being able to verify age, most of the time you have to have a credit card and ID to put on file with the app/game. There's obviously no IOU's in this.

[Kane99]

16 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:

You can already gamble through apps as if you were actually in a casino. Real money, virtual slot machine. Virtual poker. Virtual blackjack. All with real money.

I don't remember the title, but there was a game released, that the more you played, the more money you could make doing it. I think it was a mobile game and went the way of the dodo several years ago.

As for being able to verify age, most of the time you have to have a credit card and ID to put on file with the app/game. There's obviously no IOU's in this.

Yeah true. I just hope to never see it in on consoles on even on PC. Keep it to mobile if anything. Because once it hits consoles, kids will find a way to abuse it somehow. There was this game I used to play to get prizes, but it wasn't worth it. You'd get some cheap priced thing from Amazon for completing challenges and stuff. Was a waste of time, kinda like lottery. 😄 

And yeah, if they were to do gambling video games, they would have to require some kind of ID check to play. Only fair in my opinion. I couldn't see any games being passed without some kind of ID check for people who play. 

[Darth]

I presume you mean in more normal games than ones that actually make sense to have gambling in it like poker. I don't think it will be a huge problem, to be honest because real gambling will result in games being given the maximum age rating. So for those games that are targeted at all ages, publishers will be a little bit reluctant to implement it. Especially since they can just keep microtransactions in games to make money.

[onii chan]

if they did add gambling to games i wouldn't even attempt at trying to play them because i know full well there will be so many different rules that'll make the company have a big edge, just like how card counters avoid online blackjack because the rules and house advantage just isn't worth it most of the time. idk about you but im not a fan of losing my money 😂   

[m76]

I think lootboxes are real gambling. The only difference is that with real gambling you have the chance however marginal to win a big prize. With lootboxes you ever loose, because even if you get what you wanted, it is a digital item that literally costs nothing to the company selling the lootboxes. So the dealer wins no matter what.

[Boblee]

It would definitely diversify the gaming industry because everything we used to know about games would be changed totally. I'm not sure if it's going to be healthy to games. 

[Heatman]

On 11/28/2021 at 1:53 AM, Kane99 said:

And before anyone says that we already have it, yes I know. Microtransactions and loot boxes have pretty much been our version of gambling in games. But, with the recent news of sports betting blowing up as of late, it got me thinking that video games could be the next one to offer some sort of real gambling. I hope it never happens honestly, because the whole idea is dumb. If it were to happen, they wouldn't be able to let any of these games go to kids and they'd for sure have to find a method of making sure those playing are actual legal adults. 

But, do you think there's a possibility this can happen in future video games? Or maybe we'll start to see games released with gambling options. What do you guys think? Could this be a real possibility? 

Also, I'm not referring to gambling on video games themselves, as in betting on a game between people. I'm referring to actual gambling options built into the games themselves, where you can win money playing the game. Sorry in advance if this has caused any confusion. 

Hardcore gamblers are definitely going to be the most set of people who are into games that would be seriously waiting for this kind of upgrades to be done in video games. 

[Kane99]

On 11/28/2021 at 3:52 PM, m76 said:

I think lootboxes are real gambling. The only difference is that with real gambling you have the chance however marginal to win a big prize. With lootboxes you ever loose, because even if you get what you wanted, it is a digital item that literally costs nothing to the company selling the lootboxes. So the dealer wins no matter what.

Exactly, there's literally no worth to it. Unless maybe with games like Counter-Strike where you can buy/sell skins/weapons. etc. But most games don't have a system where you can resell your items, so they are technically useless. 

On 11/28/2021 at 2:18 PM, Darth said:

I presume you mean in more normal games than ones that actually make sense to have gambling in it like poker. I don't think it will be a huge problem, to be honest because real gambling will result in games being given the maximum age rating. So for those games that are targeted at all ages, publishers will be a little bit reluctant to implement it. Especially since they can just keep microtransactions in games to make money.

I mean more in regards to actual gambling games being released on consoles and PC. Not as a mechanic in an video game, but the whole idea of the game. So think of a slots game, but instead of being on mobile, it released on major hardware instead.

And that is a good point. The ESRB rating would probably be adult rated for games that are just about gambling. I can see some publishers not selling games like that if that is the case too. 

[Justin11]

Gaming should be kept as video games and not gambling. When you want to gamble via video games you can simply do it on a personal choice with a fellow gamer either online or offline mode. 

[Boblee]

13 hours ago, Kane99 said:

Exactly, there's literally no worth to it. Unless maybe with games like Counter-Strike where you can buy/sell skins/weapons. etc. But most games don't have a system where you can resell your items, so they are technically useless. 

I mean more in regards to actual gambling games being released on consoles and PC. Not as a mechanic in an video game, but the whole idea of the game. So think of a slots game, but instead of being on mobile, it released on major hardware instead.

And that is a good point. The ESRB rating would probably be adult rated for games that are just about gambling. I can see some publishers not selling games like that if that is the case too. 

Most game's publishers would most likely switch to making such games because it's going to have more number of players unlike ones that's off gambling. 

[Heatman]

3 hours ago, Boblee said:

Most game's publishers would most likely switch to making such games because it's going to have more number of players unlike ones that's off gambling. 

It's definitely going to pay them more to make such games for adults unlike what would be paid from teenage and kids games. 

[Boblee]

On 11/30/2021 at 12:49 AM, Justin11 said:

Gaming should be kept as video games and not gambling. When you want to gamble via video games you can simply do it on a personal choice with a fellow gamer either online or offline mode. 

The game companies already started it in a way with the loot boxes in the games, and there is a possibility they they are not going to stop there till they make it into a full blown out gambling engine. 

[Justin11]

1 hour ago, Boblee said:

The game companies already started it in a way with the loot boxes in the games, and there is a possibility they they are not going to stop there till they make it into a full blown out gambling engine. 

I think it's becoming addicted to them, changing such policy will really take time, only by grace before they can revert back to normal and stop looting. 

[Heatman]

Seriously, with the pace these companies are getting at with their use of loot boxes and microtransactions, it wouldn't take too long for them to embrace gambling in games full time.