Gets tricky! In the case of valve/games in general, are we really going to say all in game currency is 'real' money? If I make gold playing wow ( and this gold

Gets tricky! In the case of valve/games in general, are we really going to say all in game currency is 'real' money? If I make gold playing wow ( and this gold has a real world value ) should I have to claim income on that? If I buy and sell items in-game is that taxable? I have to imagine that at some point down the line the answer to these answers will be a fat "YES!" assuming you believe VR will continue to take over.. People just spend too much time, engery, and cold hard cash inside these video games for a government body to say "No" to forever.. I've chosen to ( okay, my lawyers told me ) to just claim normal income on the transactions out of steam ( I sell the keys for USD ). And if you follow that logic, then gambling in the current context should be okay. May be other laws on the gambling side but it's out of the scope of my knowledge.