That is the definition of gambling if you are investing money into a company and expecting a return then that would be gambling because no investment is guaranteed a return. Taxing gambling and investments is different in some countries but the concept is the same.
Gambling is not just talking about money but talking about the opportunities that exist, business opportunities sometimes have to be risked with speculation.
Speaking of luck, I think every investment requires that. in fact, in starting something, we don't know whether it will work or not. what I think in this matter is
- if you know the type of investment, and the direction of the development of the project, then it is called investment.
- If you don't know about it, and invest in it based on feelings, I think it's like gambling.
In this case, I don't think NFT games are gambling. for example, if we play Axie infinity, with pretty good characters, we can get slp every day by running quests in the game. In addition, you can mate your Axie to produce other Axie species. isn't that clear enough. would be different "if" it became a scam. then it turns into a scam investment, and that is very far from the definition of gambling.
However, there are types of games that are truly gambling genres such as poker and others. however, I think the difference between games like that we already understand enough.