funny, someone today said something similar about a "bitcoin mining game" which was basically nothing more than a faucet "game" where deposited funds are used to purchase real bitcoin miners. IMAGINE an MMORPG where you mine real gold in a virtual world - pan for gold old western style in a 3d game - that was their idea. I kinda like it. I know a few game devs, we might try it.

Off topic - but because I intend to see this topic through - I want to also ensure that THIS also changes about our society: US government life in prison for victimless crimes: http://clemencyreport.org/top-10-outrageous-marijuana-sentences/#comment-447

Between our evil government and our evil scammers plaguing society, there is a LOT of cleanup to be done. Video games that pay to play - while they may not sound like "the solution" - they indeed would be a great source of funding for the grander solutions.