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Topic: Do you think this is gambling? [Collectibles & Gambling] - page 3. (Read 306 times)

legendary
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Do you consider doing this a form of gambling?
Would you dare to do the same thing for the sake of earning money or do you think it would be a bad idea?

I personally think it would be a bad idea since the chances of pulling out a good card is fairly small, one needs to really like the game/cards in order to open an unsealed box of such value.
This is just the same on Pokémon cards opening where as each card set has a rare card inside that have a value of thousands however I won't classify it as Gambling per sé. I would rather lean more on Investment on assets as the value of each card either depreciate or appreciate on the card's rarity, condition and other qualities it has. But it still depends on each individual on how they'll see it just like Gacha games.

I agree, just like what others collectibles cards in the past, you will have to spend some money but in return you will find some rare card inside that can be worth on what you originally pay for it. But it won't be classify as gambling as the card itself is already collectibles and you can trade it to someone. As opposed to gambling wherein you already lost your money already once you start to put your bet unless you're lucky and win. And then others will hold for this card in hope that one day the value will be worth more, you can't find that on gambling.
hero member
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Collectibles and collections are more in investments rather than gambling. Collecting doens't fall to any kind of gambling category where people bet and gain after a win from a certain events or sports.
Since it was bought in 2000's the value of it for today is already too high considering there still a market for it which really falls in investment idea of "buy low sell high".
Yes, maybe we can consider it as an investment, some of the collectibles collections are rare, people with collections collect item based on their preferences, it is not related to gambling, it is more of investment. And yes if it is bought last 2000 it is better to see or to research how much it will be cost now before opening, so that we can preserve the value of it. Collections needed more money since it is expensive.
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Collectibles and collections are more in investments rather than gambling. Collecting doens't fall to any kind of gambling category where people bet and gain after a win from a certain events or sports.
Since it was bought in 2000's the value of it for today is already too high considering there still a market for it which really falls in investment idea of "buy low sell high".
legendary
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I don't think it is called gambling because in gambling you enter to win more money and not to find rare items of a certain game.This can be compared more to spoiled children who use their mom or dad credit card to buy all the level up items of a character in their favorite RPG/Action game,it sure resembles more to this and to people playing online games fighting each other each spending a lot of money to fine tune their character.This for me is not gambling as gambling is continuous while these people once they get what they want they stop rather than finding a new game.Sure it has some elements of gambling which is spending money to entertain yourself which is every gambler's excuse to gambling but only this and nothing more.
hero member
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Good afternoon.
I would like to know your opinion about this: the other night I found a YT channel where a guy bought a box of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, this box was of the first set released back in early 2000's called "Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon".
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In fact, this is no different from loot boxes, and in many countries they are recognized as a form of gambling. I see no reason why these collectibles/boxes cannot be considered gambling.
Probably, people still doubt whether it is right to consider such collecting mechanics as gambling only because of the strength of traditions. It used to be considered normal to buy such magic boxes with an indeterminate value, but now all this is relegated to gambling.
I wonder when consumer extremism (sometimes it really takes inadequate forms) will make people consider fortune cookies and all that to be gambling? Hahaha.
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Do you consider doing this a form of gambling?
Would you dare to do the same thing for the sake of earning money or do you think it would be a bad idea?

I personally think it would be a bad idea since the chances of pulling out a good card is fairly small, one needs to really like the game/cards in order to open an unsealed box of such value.
This is just the same on Pokémon cards opening where as each card set has a rare card inside that have a value of thousands however I won't classify it as Gambling per sé. I would rather lean more on Investment on assets as the value of each card either depreciate or appreciate on the card's rarity, condition and other qualities it has. But it still depends on each individual on how they'll see it just like Gacha games.
legendary
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Good afternoon.
I would like to know your opinion about this: the other night I found a YT channel where a guy bought a box of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, this box was of the first set released back in early 2000's called "Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon".

https://youtu.be/3_yCLmm2qOw

The exotic part of this video is the fact these boxes are sold for over 25,000$ and only one pack of the box can be worth about 1000$.

You can some examples here:

www.ebay.com/itm/115470621070
www.ebay.com/itm/115505412383

This guy bought and proceed to (painfully) open each of the packs inside the box, because there are chances to find cards worth thousands of dollars themselves:

www.ebay.com/itm/334566973621
www.ebay.com/itm/284845253155
www.ebay.com/itm/165705601129
www.ebay.com/itm/274989636523



Do you consider doing this a form of gambling?
Would you dare to do the same thing for the sake of earning money or do you think it would be a bad idea?

I personally think it would be a bad idea since the chances of pulling out a good card is fairly small, one needs to really like the game/cards in order to open an unsealed box of such value.



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