You don’t earn real money in a physical casino, you earn chips. You’re correct that those chips are exchangeable for real money but the chips still serve a ver

You don’t earn real money in a physical casino, you earn chips. You’re correct that those chips are exchangeable for real money but the chips still serve a very real purpose: to dissuade you from picking up the cash and walking out. The vast majority of people who win chips plug them straight back into the casino games and end up leaving with nothing. It’s all about the addiction to gambling itself, winning money is merely a potential bonus. So the end result is not a whole lot different than these apps.