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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Claw Machines: a category of gambling?
by
Fara Chan
on 03/04/2024, 13:05:09 UTC
Although it has many qualities that are similar to gambling, such as luck, odds, and involves risking money, I don't think claw machines should be considered gambling. Because in claw machine any age can play the game, gambling has age restrictions when playing the games. Claw machines is a form of entertainment where you can get physical toys or plushies, although gambling is also seen as entertainment, claw machines are different in a way as for fun or challenge, than in gambling as risk-taking or financial gain or expectation of winning money.
So is it wrong for some people to consider this claw machine as gambling when there are people who never get anything after playing it several times? I don't think there is anything wrong with this kind of opinion by some people because in gambling there is also such a thing as luck, even though not all ages are allowed to gamble because they remember the risks that must be understood. But it seems like this claw machine can be considered as anything because it wouldn't be wrong if someone thought of it as entertainment or gambling.