Right now there are huge lists of them where you have a choice on whether you buy tokens on their early pre-sales or invest in the game hoping that you will get your ROI as fast as possible but there is no assurance about it. Is this gamble its true sense it has just some part where you need to take the risk but not that low odds where you can get your capital back?
Just like this one - Where the Initial investment is 10$ but if you are lucky enough you can get it after 15 days or a month of continue playing. Of course, you will have an option to further invest in the game where you accelerate the return of your capital but more risk and you need to spend additional money for it.
Splinterlands
I know the game and this is very addicting lol , and also very cheap to start up and thinking about this can be considered as gambling ? i don't think so because unless you will invest tons of amount then that is the risk and that's how tyou can be called as in gambling.
also if you are just making this for fun then this is not a gambling at all.
I mean, if you look at it that way, all investing is gambling be it crypto, property, gold... But looking at the last game, it might not be a scam, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be. As the crypto gaming industry is getting bigger, so is the possibility of getting scammed, and buying NFTs for a game that's not even out yet is risky AF and is quite literally a gamble.
wait , but where does the Scam idea comes? there are no mentioned about that matter all over the thread .