I guess it's one of those articles about betting with animals that makes you wonder if it's going to be abused or not. If such thing attracts people who are willing to abuse animals and take big risk for selfish reasons then I don't think it is an idea worth encouraging. I believe good betting space should be both useful and safe for everyone.
Hopefully it's not even real animal
For fun its OK but if the animals abuse its different story there are already laws thatw protect animals even how small they are .thats why I think it will not going to be abuse base on the article .the only problem is that if many people may imitate it and not be able to control themselves when they are the one who do it and at those times there may be animal can be abuse.
I think the game or whatever it's should benefit the animals, instead of just the players. The animals should not be maltreated or be forced to do things against what is good and safe for them.
I think the company/business should make it clear to users or customers that the animals are not badly treated/handled in any way. By the way, the word "gambling" create an impression that this will somehow be abused.