Habbo.dk disables dicemasters! Casinos = illegal

Michael · 03-09-2012, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by edible

I know someone has sent an email to the Gambling Commission (based in UK) asking them to investigate Habbo.COM.

Well that's cheeky of them

PiippBB · 03-09-2012, 06:11 PM

Actually thinking about this, and reading into what has been said about toy grabber machines above. .com could be safe from the UK, because although there are EU laws in place around gambling, over here it's only illegal for those under the age of 16 to gamble (look at Camelot and the National Lottery; 16s and over can play). There's then the fact that many arcades (and I'm often visiting those on the coastline near me) have slot machines that have no age limit. I think it's all to do with the jackpot involved. I know casinos allow only 18s and over to enter and play; this includes betting shops. Then, when it comes to the lottery, players only have to be 16 or over. Looking further into it, younger age groups are allowed to play certain slow machines in arcades with no age restriction at all; I'm pretty sure it all depends on the potential jackpots involved and the likelihood of addiction to gambling caused by each individual type of gambling. Therefore, Sulake probably won't be penalised by UK law, seeing as the jackpots on Habbo are very small, there's a limit to how much a user can spend on credits per week and they must always get permission from someone of age 18+ before purchasing credits, as mentioned above, none of the prizes are actually physical; everything is virtual, and finally, users never actually own the items on Habbo anyway, as noted in the T&Cs, everything is 'rented' by the player and continues to be the property of Sulake. UK law on gambling seems very cloudy tbh and I'm not sure why there are restrictions on casinos which are different to those on scratch cards, but I guess that's down to a strange combination of UK and EU law. Either way, I'm doubtful this will happen to .com.

qaxzsw · 06-09-2012, 02:21 PM

Hmm... like others have said, gambling was always banned on Habbo Singapore, yet after the merge they've stopped enforcing it, even though it was to keep within the singaporean law.. I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to ban gambling in .com in the near future...

**Zak** · 06-09-2012, 11:03 PM

I love how Habbo would actually ban casino owners and not give a ****.

Habbo clearly have no problem in banning everyone for **** all.. And their mistakes.

**Samantha** · 06-09-2012, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by PiippBB

Actually thinking about this, and reading into what has been said about toy grabber machines above. .com could be safe from the UK, because although there are EU laws in place around gambling, over here it's only illegal for those under the age of 16 to gamble (look at Camelot and the National Lottery; 16s and over can play). There's then the fact that many arcades (and I'm often visiting those on the coastline near me) have slot machines that have no age limit. I think it's all to do with the jackpot involved. I know casinos allow only 18s and over to enter and play; this includes betting shops. Then, when it comes to the lottery, players only have to be 16 or over. Looking further into it, younger age groups are allowed to play certain slow machines in arcades with no age restriction at all; I'm pretty sure it all depends on the potential jackpots involved and the likelihood of addiction to gambling caused by each individual type of gambling. Therefore, Sulake probably won't be penalised by UK law, seeing as the jackpots on Habbo are very small, there's a limit to how much a user can spend on credits per week and they must always get permission from someone of age 18+ before purchasing credits, as mentioned above, none of the prizes are actually physical; everything is virtual, and finally, users never actually own the items on Habbo anyway, as noted in the T&Cs, everything is 'rented' by the player and continues to be the property of Sulake. UK law on gambling seems very cloudy tbh and I'm not sure why there are restrictions on casinos which are different to those on scratch cards, but I guess that's down to a strange combination of UK and EU law. Either way, I'm doubtful this will happen to .com.

With you really, I've been playing on things like 2p pushers (a smaller form of gambling), slot machines and grabbers for years now. I'd say I used my first when I was about 5? Now I play online bingo, that's online and have to be over 18 to play but with Habbo some people don't gamble as much as others as if say they brought in a law then how would you know who lies about their age or not? I bet if I walked into a betting shop, tried buying a scratchcard or lottery ticket I'd be kicked out/denied it as I look like 12. I even wasn't allowed in over 18 area in an arcade with online services you can't monitor it as much can you. Espeically when it's meant to be a game.

LiquidLuck. · 08-09-2012, 12:28 PM

This is ridiculous.. and I guess I'll have to take down my grabber..

Fiendly · 09-09-2012, 02:08 AM

I think we should be fine.. If not then they should definitely make Pokemon a game for over 16 - 18+ since gambling is involved!
This is being taken to an extreme, without dicemasters then Habbo is just...boring.