The only reasoning I can give is that it is because the player is guarenteed to win something, and as such it doesn't
count as gambling -LRB-?).
There's no distinction being made here between cosmetics and game balance changing rewards,
they all count as gambling.
However, following a few high profile debacles, most notably the recent controversies surrounding whether lootboxes can
count as gambling and the outcry regarding the pricing schemes of EA's Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the Red Dead Redemption 2 team might opt for a different approach to monetization.
Unlike the UK investigation, the Belgian research believes the mechanic is based on chance and
counts as gambling
Not exact matches
In the table below, you'll see each coach, their record (
counting OT and SO losses
as a normal loss since this is
gambling focused), and the amount of units you'd have won or lost if you bet on them every game.
Arsenal gave a hefty pay rise to Theo Walcott last year, another player that has spent most of his career in the treatment room, and this will surely
count as a massive
gamble by Wenger if he seals the extension before Wilshere has prove his fitness over a long period of time.
I know this complicates my portfolio and tilts it towards Europe but I
count this
as my little
gamble to beat the US market over the long - term.