04-23-2005, 02:17 AM
Malakar,Apr 23 2005, 01:27 AM Wrote:The difference is that in a Casino, you pay each time you take a chance. In MMORPGs, you typically just pay the $15 a month for unlimited playing time. Not only is $15/month fairly negligible in terms of gambling, it could also be said to be paying for the entertainment of the game as normal, despite whether you engage in the sale of items you receive from "gambling" your time or not.
Well, as I said, the swedish gambling laws doesn't care about the stake, if you have to pay one or not, hence it would not matter what the "purpose" of the payment is or its nature.
I really can't tell if one can avoid having swedish gambling laws apply or not, but it would seem to me that it would very much apply. Obviously the sollution would then be to not sell the game in Sweden I would say. No idea how it would work in other countries.
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