News broke this week that YouTube has been demonetizing videos featuring the game Balatro to protect kids from “gambling”. I’ve been thinking about it a lot this week. Is a game like this gambling? Where do we draw the line on protecting kids from bad gaming mechanics?
https://somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/11/is-balatro-gambling-maybe-i-have-this-all-wrong/

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  • Ledivin
    31·
    2 years ago

    firmly against gambling and has it written into his will.

    What on earth does this even mean? What could gambling ever have to do with someone’s will?

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds
      41·
      2 years ago

      I mean, he has it written into his will that Balatro can’t be used for gambling even after his death.

      • Blue_Morpho
        22·
        2 years ago

        I wasn’t interested in it but now I want to setup an online betting pool for Baletro competitions.