Is the betting in Championship supposed to take the gems for increased bets? Seems kind of contrary to the idea of winning a bet, which is you get your stake plus something. I figured if I won it would at least return the gems, ah well.
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Is the betting in Championship supposed to take the gems for increased bets? Seems kind of contrary to the idea of winning a bet, which is you get your stake plus something. I figured if I won it would at least return the gems, ah well.
You're paying to increase the stake of the bet.
You're not betting gems.
So I am throwing away rare gems to up a bet to get minimal numbers of additional Tickets. 10 gems for a "chance" of an additional 500 tickets maybe.
Gems aren't rare.
Correct. No one said all gem usage in the game was even or better yet even wise to do.
only problem i see here, is technically ur gambling with money... for a prize, i hope they got the require documents and fall inline with rules if there are any :)
Even when you lose the bet you still win more tickets. So your still paying for a gain, just a smaller one.
You don't gain gems through your bets, you gain tickets when you win.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBooMan
And tickets cannot be redeemed for gems.
You gain a minimum of 5 gems per day, usually 10, sometimes up to 1k (if you're lucky) All of these are not paid for. Not to mention all the level, lab, quest, HP, etc....gem rewards. Gems do not have to be paid for, and if they are they are a fictional online currency non-redeemable for non-virtual items. They cannot be considered a currency (unlike Bitcoin which is redeemable for real goods and other currencies) No gambling here=equate it to online poker. You can usually pay real currency for more in game chips (currency) but you can not do the reverse, therefore not gambling.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBooMan
Well, live and learn.
Correct this game is dangerously skating the laws for online gambling sites and is especially sucking in children who have no concept of wagering and probability. This seems to be the modern way for online casinos to essentially skirt anti-gambling laws but wrapping a casino within a game engine to hide it from authorities. I am betting that government authorities all over the world will soon crack down on it - and game over.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBooMan
They are if you don't have money to buy (money being rare) and are only gaining gems through random arena opportunities and sailing in pirates and activity bonuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peeta Melark
You can't redeem money from gems. It's not gambling.Quote:
Originally Posted by RiverBummer
That means you got the gems free. Therefore you don't have any right to complain about them.Quote:
Originally Posted by RiverBummer
Gambling is not only for cash, Pink Slip racing is gambling and that is a car, there are also games like.... 'Cash For Prizes' < GAMBLING!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockstar
Like RiverBummer said, various technicalities allow them to get around anti-gambling laws. There's no denying the essence of what it is. No one is that naive. But whether it can be called that by law and enforced as such? Well, that is the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockstar
Your missing the point Boo. When you spend money to buy gems your buying a commodity that is still owned by ucool. Then you play with that commodity but regardless of what happens ucool still owns that virtual currency and you cant redeem it. Your buying a purchase as in a final product. And thats where it differs from my online betting accounts, as all the time the money is still mine. I am never buying a product, just gambling.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBooMan
This is a very grey area and that is why they can get away with it. As Kruize is right when he says " as all the time the money is still yours"
I'd just like to point out that the time of the Championship Warfare was not well chosen. It's Christmas time and there are a lot of Chritmas parties. I'm pretty sure a lot of people were not able to bet tonight, nor will they be able tomorrow. Maye some players in the knockout rounds were not able to be there moreover. I understand the event was postponed though.
How come I can't bet every round? They changed the system?
Seems to work as before now... but didn't get tickets for the first 2 rounds
I,ve been betting right for now, but I never get the same amount of tickets. Sometimes get 450, sometimes get 1050, but I always bet on the winner. How does it work?
And never quite getting 900 somehow!
It is dependent on how many bet on the winner and how many bet on the loser. If more people bet on the loser than the winner, then the people who bet on the winner get more of the tickets. Hope this kinda makes sense.