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Funko’s New TMNT NTFs Introduce Gambling Into Pop Collecting
You are not at all guaranteed a physical product making this simply a gambling hustle from Funko to dish out very rare 1,467 or less piece Pop Vinyls for "free." #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Credit: Funko Credit: Funko TMNT is a[...]
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It appears the era of loot boxes may be coming to a close within the next few years, and England has a new report on them tied to gambling The report published by Claire Murdoch, the mental health director of England's National Health Service did a study on the subject and said that the transactions[...]
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GameCo will be unveiling a brand new gambling machine this coming weekend that Trek fans will be interested in with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Red Alert The reveal will be happening at the Star Trek Las Vegas mega-event taking place July 31st through August 4th Attendees will get to check out the machine and[...]
Baseball on Home Plate -- David Lee/Shutterstock.com
Now, it seemingly is all taken away by a poor decision. Sports Gambling is now legal! Now what for baseball? You may not have heard, but the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of striking down the ban on sports gambling, allowing states to pass their own betting laws It is a historic decision, with many[...]
What A Shock: The ESA Says Microtransactions Are Not Gambling
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) has joined the ESRB in their stance that microtransactions and loot systems are not a form of gambling The quote came from a story where Hawaiian officials are contemplating putting a law into effect, banning them from being sold to children One could argue[...]
An Online Petition Wants Loot Boxes Classified As Gambling
Over the past few weeks, it's hard to find a podcast or show that hasn't talked about Loot Boxes in some form as gambling A conversation only fueled by Star Wars: Battlefront II's horrible system, along with Call Of Duty: WWII, CS:GO, and Overwatch used as examples If this trend continues to grow, you're more than[...]
PSA: The ESRB Does Not Consider Loot Boxes To Be Gambling
So this one kind of seems to be so incredibly simple that it went without saying, but just in case you were confused, the ESRB does not consider loot boxes to be a form of gambling. The reason why this announcement was made thanks to the recent complaints about games using loot box systems However, the[...]
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Gambling With The Dark Knight And Superman's Erectile Dysfunction
Specifically using comic book characters in gambling games and machines Marvel stopped all their characters smoking, DC pulped a copy of Superman because the cover featured the grown Clark Kent drinking from a bottle that close examination revealed to be root beer, but having the characters appear on gambling machines was fine, apparently, even if[...]