should gambling be allowed in a very limited capacity on habbo?

[andoo89]

something like only "official" fansites could run - like the habbox lottery...

[GoldenMerc]

Yeh but in reality its still gambling

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[FlyingJesus]

No. There's either no justification for gambling at all (as it is now) or they turn a blind eye to it as an entire institution (as it used to be), but there isn't any way of having a middle ground considering it was stopped for legal reasons

[Daltron]

No it's illegal for minors to partake in gambling, whether they are apart of an online community or not. Close thread.


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[Matt]

But gambling was such a huge part of Habbo and casinos were some of the most popular rooms. I know it is easy for some people to get addicted and it is illegal for minors to gamble, but I'd say it's literally killed Habbo and the dice limit has impacted the way we host a number of events.

[karter]

Okay removal of casinos has definitely not killed Habbo lol there's much more activity than it was before, more featured rooms, more trading. They were removed for good, accept it.

On topic, I don't think things like Habbox Lottery are harmful even though they are gambling and I think there are lotteries on gaming websites which otherwise have banned gambling? This might be an assumption idk but yeah banning all kinds of gambling would be a better option as we really can't say what sets apart the harmless gambling and harmful gambling (and it wouldn't take long before some kind of lottery is allowed and everyone starts making super rare lotteries or whatever we come back to where we started)

[Matt]

Killed Habbo in terms of prices of rares like thrones and dicemasters... uh yeah it has :)

[lemons]

no!

[karter]

okay but then you didn't mention furni prices lol how am i supposed to know what you're implying

that was handled well with ltds being allowed to put in the marketplace, thrones and some other classic rares dropped but otherwise not much impact...don't know how anyone can say it killed habbo though lol...

[Matt]

because it's had a knock on effect on other furni/rares.... 'lol'

I think the dice limit can be quite frustrating when it comes to hosting events. I know there are ways around it and that not all events require dice but it's still a shame.

[FlyingJesus]

Changes in furni prices is not the same as killing Habbo.... ' 'lol' '

[Jaiisun]

As has been said, there couldn't be any legitimate reasons for Habbo to bring back gambling. Yes it may have been fun to a point, but what if Habbo gambling was then attributed to problem gambling later in life? Extreme I know, but highly possible.

[Matt]

In my opinion habbos been dead for ages and this just added to it. I guess it depends on how much you trade or how many rares you have. If you hardly trade or don't have many of the rares (like thrones or dicemasters, the items that have gone down in value) then you won't have noticed much of a difference.

[karter]

ya we heard what u said in the first place about furni values but it had no real effect on user activity so it did not kill habbo and we're not talking about past events we're talking about post-gambling ban

the discussion ends here ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' lol ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '

[IWishIWasCool]

NO.

[Storking]

would be good if they made a furni to allow for lotteries to take place but then again gambling is illegal for minors!

[Zak]

No, it should have never been allowed in the first place.

[lRhyss]

Maybe if there was a catalogue page for an official Habbo lottery then yea, but otherwise, no.

[Lewis]

Since it's the one of the only reasons I really played habbo and how I earned profit on it, it definitely should in my opinion.

But it doesn't change the fact that it's a teen site.