In terms of various countries gambling laws:
I believe the way that CCP will be able to get around this is- all in game items are owned by CCP. The gambling law only applies to assets you own. Think of it this way, EVERY country has laws against theft. Yet, when someone steals my ore can while mining, I can’t press charges IRL against that person. Now, it’s possible certain countries could have more specific laws, and if so- CCP would have to figure it out.
I think some questions I have are:
can sales of the “raffle tickets” be restricted? For example: if a Corp wanted to run a free raffle for it’s Corp mates. Or can everyone in New Eden buy those free raffle tickets? if restricted- This could be a clever way for people to run giveaways.
I understand the raffle tickets will be sold in New Eden store as well as open market, but will the open market option include NPC sell orders? Or will it only be from players who purchased it with cash?
These aren’t lotteries as most lotteries are defined because the prize is not an item of value that can be negotiated outside of the game universe. You can’t extract the value of isk and convert it into real life currency. That’s why the vast majority of places this kind of in-game mechanic is legal and not regulated.
That’s perfectly reasonable for CCP to do. And the chances of this getting banned globally is relatively low.
I’m not white knighting anybody. I’m saying this isn’t as big a deal as some people are making it out to be, and I am still skeptical of how used this will be. We’ll see if it ends up being something people like and use, but I don’t expect I will be taking part in it unless it becomes popular.
This absolutely won’t protect CCP. The whole “all in-game items are owned by the game company” thing is true of every game, and yet loot boxes are still being banned.
It isn’t like CCP thinks I suppose. CCP effectively now falls under any laws regulating online casino providers. Can you ensure nobody gets access under age of 18? Good luck.
Also now it’s clear what all the dev time was wasted on instead of investing into the game itself, and why CCP/CSM didn’t want to talk about earlier.
These are lotteries. You pay real money to set them up and exchange it for in-game items. There is the injection of real cash into the game, thus creating real cash value. The fact you can’t extract the value outside of the game is meaningless.
It is not reasonable to promote gambling in game, by the game creators which gives them incentives to further monetize the community. The fact is also that many countries are moving to ban lootboxes and their likes. For a politician you seem very uninformed.
You are white knighting. You are literally defending a corporation who really cares little for you and even banned you once on the grounds of hearsay. I have no words to express my disbelief. Considering the major issues the game has and its management decides to allocate resources to what amounts to a doomed venture is troubling, to say the least. The fact you don’t seem to realize that is again, proof of my previous point.