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		myhf on Aug 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple, Epic, and the App Store It takes work to implement an ingame premium currency. The only reason to perform that work is because some business person thinks they have discovered a new way to claim that what they are doing "isn't gambling."

Jonnax on Aug 17, 2020 | [–]

It's a currency. There's no lootboxes. There's premium items you buy with that currency.

A microtransaction isn't gambling by default.

JeremyBanks on Aug 18, 2020 | [–]

It’s simpler for a global game to have a single currency for pricing in-game items and rewards than twenty different ones.

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