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Are Counter-Strike Case Opening Sites the Next Big Skin Gambling Scam?

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Recently, Valve has cracked down on CS:GO skin gambling after it was used to scam people out of a lot of money. This has led to numerous sites closing down, and a couple of notable streamers involved with them getting stuck in a class action lawsuit for their crimes.

But it seems another type of gambling involving the game has taken its place. Case opening sites. These are third party sites where you can pay to open cases in game, and have a lot of problems of their own:

How Case Opening Sites Scam Their Customers - RLewisReports

Indeed, as the article states, the sites are even doing stuff like explicitly ripping off players, lying about the odds of winning and letting influencers get better results than normal users. It's quite the racket if you ask me.

So yeah, is this the next skin gambling controversy just waiting to happen?
 
I don't like paying for in-game skins that don't do anything to gameplay. I also don't like buying those "chests" where you get random skins from a list. I mean, what's so complicated about letting people buy the one they want? Profit, that's what. If gamers only buy the ones they like, the ugly ones that they inserted won't get any action, so these companies would do a roulette type of purchase, where you have a chance to get a random item from their list, as well as a (minute) chance to get one of the more rare ones as an addition. It's a shame, really. It's always going to be about the profit.
 
It's the same with actual in-game stuff though. I don't understand how things like FIFA packs or Battlefield Crate Drop things don't count as gambling especially considering young people play these games. Is it not gambling if you're paying (potentially with real cash) in return for a chance of winning something cool?
 
kingcool52 said:
It's the same with actual in-game stuff though. I don't understand how things like FIFA packs or Battlefield Crate Drop things don't count as gambling especially considering young people play these games. Is it not gambling if you're paying (potentially with real cash) in return for a chance of winning something cool?
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Technically it's gambling if you pay for an item that you only have a random chance of getting. It's a gamble when you open a crate since it can hold an assortment of things, not just the one you are looking for. Instead of you just buying the stuff you want for a set price, the people at Valve got the idea that it's better for you to waste your money on multiple attempts to get that thing you want. Hey, more profit for them, right?
 
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