| Title | What are the odds that the Quinault Indian Nation has a beef with Valve? |
| Author | Nick Diamon |
| Posted in | News |
| When | April 18, 2019 |
The Quinault Indian Nation, a federally recognized self-governing tribe in Washington state, is suing Valve over gambling rights..
I wonder what the Venn Diagram looks like between “people who go to casinos” and “people who buy skins in online video games”. My guess is those two circles hardly touch.
I guess the lawyers are already on retainer, you might as well let them get creative if you don’t have anything else for them to do?
Wow… Indian Nation, Valve, lawyers, loot boxes, casinos, gambling.
There are so many wonderfully offensive jokes in this…
does it matter? if gambling is highly regulated and valve is skirting those rules, should it matter what the potential impact is? also, i’ll bet its higher than you think. Most gamers buying csgo items and gambling on esports are over 21, lol.
its pretty obvious that csgo, at least at one time, was essentially running an unregulated gambling market. In such a situation, they probably have a pretty good case.
“Valve is cutting in on our exploitation of people with gambling addictions” seems like an unexpected legal angle.
Maybe they just feel they have to defend their right or risk losing it, similar to defending copyright.
