>Perhaps this hinges on how much chance vs skill is involved in the game It does. Arcade games are typically games of skill rather than games of chance (althou

>Perhaps this hinges on how much chance vs skill is involved in the game It does. Arcade games are typically games of skill rather than games of chance (although that obviously varies). Additionally, in the end what it probably comes down to is how much attention the purveyor draws to themselves. If arcades started becoming so successful that they create addicted children to lose thousands of dollars of their parents money, I'm sure you'd start seeing arcade regulations. And in fact when pinball games first came out, you did see lots of governments get involved as it was viewed as corrupting children.