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Non cash prizes have a cash value attached. If the value of winning a carnival game was getting to date another carnival game winner then the government would s
by true_religion 5y ago
Non cash prizes have a cash value attached. If the value of winning a carnival game was getting to date another carnival game winner then the government would stay well away from that financial transaction.
- jimkleiber 5y agoOk, what if it were a raffle and the winner gets a date with a supermodel? That's a non-cash prize for which I think would be similarly difficult to assess the cash value and yet I imagine they would regulate that.
- true_religion 5y agoIf the supermodel had to join the raffle against other supermodels, then it would be comparable to Tinder. On Tinder, there are no picked winners. Even attractive people compete against each other.
- jimkleiber 5y agoI guess I just assume that Tinder could predict with pretty high accuracy which two people would want to match with each other and then determine whether to show those people to each other, based on numerous factors, one especially being how much someone pays. Do you think Tinder is blind to which people are likely to match with each other? Fair in that maybe it's too complex/not straightforward enough to regulate as other gambling is and maybe similar to video game pay-to-win dynamics, however I still think there is the ability to pull certain levers to control people's sensations of "winning" even if it requires matching two sides.