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Gambling on D&D games?

Started by Spinachcat, February 28, 2018, 02:03:04 AM

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Spinachcat

February 28, 2018, 02:03:04 AM
SCOTUS (supreme court of the united states) is going to rule on a landmark case regarding online gambling by July.
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/18662/decision-in-nj-sports-betting-case/

The case is about gambling on "games of skill" which are technically legal-ish (aka DraftKings) in some parts of the USA.

Boardgames and war games are certainly games of skill, as are many video games. Mark Cuban of Shark Tank is involved in an e-sports betting startup, aka gambling on first person shooters could become a thing.

If this happens...as we swim every deeper into our cyperpunk dystopia...do you feel there could be any market for gambling on D&D games?

AKA, if there are already people watching others play D&D, I wonder how long until someone starts tossing down a bet?

Gronan of Simmerya

#1
February 28, 2018, 02:08:19 AM
"$50 on a TPK within 2 hours."
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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jeff37923

#2
February 28, 2018, 02:16:46 AM
"I'm pretty sure that Harold is a ringer for the Mob, since he always plays Kender...."
"Meh."

happyhermit

#3
February 28, 2018, 02:50:33 AM
Competitive rpg play seems, if not well and truly dead, then at least virtually non-existent online. Watching people play D&D has exploded, obviously, but the types of games being run seem to be about the worst possible thing on earth to bet on.

finarvyn

#4
February 28, 2018, 06:38:36 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1027307"$50 on a TPK within 2 hours."
A really good DM could get that TPK in less than 10 minutes! ;)
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Bedrockbrendan

#5
February 28, 2018, 08:27:59 AM
I think it would be so easy to rig the results of an RPG, that people would be wary of placing bets on outcomes. There is a competitive RPG called Conflict (full disclosure I was involved in some of the early flavor text writing for it) and I could see a system like that being utilized here.

jeff37923

#6
February 28, 2018, 08:46:28 AM
What if instead of a RPG, it was a LARP?
"Meh."

Bedrockbrendan

#7
February 28, 2018, 09:45:34 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;1027340What if instead of a RPG, it was a LARP?

I haven't done LARP. Are the rules as reliable as a sport when it comes to stuff like combat?

Omega

#8
February 28, 2018, 10:25:01 AM
According to a few folk on other fora there are a few countries or provinces within them that have laws banning RPGs from for example Colleges as it is deemed to be gambling.

Krimson

#9
February 28, 2018, 06:27:24 PM
Quote from: finarvyn;1027327A really good DM could get that TPK in less than 10 minutes! ;)

While having the party fight house cats. :D
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Baron Opal

#10
March 03, 2018, 04:33:20 PM
Successfully combine Overwatch with Hado, and you better believe there will be betting on it.

Skarg

#11
March 03, 2018, 07:38:15 PM
You could do it with TFT or GURPS arena combats, since those are defined nearly as well as solid wargames and require little if any GM ruling on anything.

For adventure situations, the outcome depends a lot on the GM's rulings and/or what players decide to do, etc. I could see someone doing friendly bets on weird things, or some mean arcane con involving the collusion of the GM and contriving to fool someone into thinking it's a spur-of-the-moment bet.

RPGPundit

#12
March 05, 2018, 12:35:13 AM
I don't think so. You'd either need to use a computer, or a system that is completely controlled by rules and rolls with ZERO room for GM interpretation. Otherwise I don't think it would work; and of course if you do the above, it's not really an RPG anymore.

Now, wargaming, on the other hand, might just work.
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#13
April 01, 2023, 03:21:50 AM
How will the gambling world develop?

jmarso

#14
April 01, 2023, 03:25:19 AM
I don't think anyone who ever watched a full session of DnD would ever want to gamble money on it.

That said, if you are going to bet, bet on the DM!  ;D
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