Im really mad that I can perfectly gamble in my country with real money. But I cant do it in a game with fake money? That’s just stupid. I understand if it was illegal in my country but is not. Hell, Casinos dont even closed in plain pandemic because the gobernment gets a cut. Even minors can gamble online. But no, dont do it in a videogame better do it in real life.
Maybe Rockstar dont even check and just assume is illegal in all latam and banned all countries?
And do you think it’s likely Rockstar is going to give the Argentina government their cut?
Legalized gambling has regulations, fees, rules to adhere to, practically speaking you also need somebody that’s friendly with the government. Gambling in video games generally doesn’t bother if there are any hurdles, they have more profitable things to work on than navigating international gambling laws.
Annoyingly it would be classed as real gambling since rockstar in a way …sell currency.
Since they don’t fork their profits over to your government and follow all the laws …they wouldn’t be permitted to let you gamble
Not from Argentina but it’s also not available here but the reason here is kids, they could technically gamble all of their parents savings in the GTA casino because of shark cards and that’s the reason we have over here (Portugal here)
But its a game jesus. I dont want they to give my shitty gobernment money I just dont get it. Its like forbbiden GTA altogether because murder and robbery is illegal. Actually in Venezuela I think they have the gta games banned and cant buy it without vpn lol
There’s an element you are missing here, which is that people infused actual money through the purchase of Card Sharks. That element causes a whole different legal situation, as it can become “REAL GAMBLING”.
Criminals are crafty and work around simple rules like that. Look up pachinko parlors in Japan to see the extent you can stretch “It’s only a game, not real gambling!” for examples.
Just because they don’t have a cash-out counter doesn’t mean they are immune to gambling laws. They are written to avoid loopholes, and Rockstar sells shark cards.
I wouldn’t be surprise if they actually have the nerve to demand money from rockstar just for that lol. My country hates videogames, they literally make news in public tv with a title that says “Your Son is Killing People Every Day” (reffering to npcs )(Im not exaggerating its literal)