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Look at the wikipedia page: > Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent
by rowanG077 3y ago
Look at the wikipedia page:
> Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration (an amount wagered), risk (chance), and a prize.[1] The outcome of the wager is often immediate, such as a single roll of dice, a spin of a roulette wheel, or a horse crossing the finish line, but longer time frames are also common, allowing wagers on the outcome of a future sports contest or even an entire sports season.
CS cases ticks all of the boxes. I'm really curious what your definition of gambling is.
- brigadier132 3y agoMost children who had pokemon cards bought for them likely don't consider the act of buying and opening pokemon card packs to be life altering or ruining events. I also doubt the average person considers buying packs of pokemon cards gambling. So while it fits the literal definition, it's considered different colloquially. This is very much unlike slot machines and blackjack which can and do take over people's lives.
- dragonwriter 3y agoPeople who were raised from childhood with a particular form of gambling as a regular thing seeing it as different than “real gambling” generally isn't surprising, but it doesn't mean that there actually is a real meaningful difference beside personal acclimatization.
- rowanG077 3y agoGambling in a casino also doesn't have to be life altering either. In fact there are people who have destroyed their lives opening pokemon card packs. Reddit is literally full of stories. Here is the first random story I clicked on: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/14uucxy/im_in_30k_pok%C3%A9mon_debt_and_i_dont_know_what_to_do/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/14uucxy/im_in_3...