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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Skill-based, so it's not considered gambling.

Same reason arcade games can give out tokens -> prizes.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Was the same deal with pinball in the US at one point iirc - a bunch of places tried to ban pinball because it was seen as being the same as slot machines, until a professional player got a machine in front of the supreme court and repeatedly called his shots to prove it was a skill game

[-] facelessbs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Almost certainly - can't remember where I heard it, but if it was a 99pi story it'll be that

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