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Grand Theft Auto 5 Online - The Diamond Casino & Resort is now open

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    Deimos
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    This is a pretty interesting (and maybe risky) thing for GTA5 to do with so much attention being paid lately to whether different elements of video games constitute "gambling". The BBC has an...

    This is a pretty interesting (and maybe risky) thing for GTA5 to do with so much attention being paid lately to whether different elements of video games constitute "gambling". The BBC has an article about this that focuses a little more on that aspect: Grand Theft Auto's Diamond Casino lets cash be turned into chips

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    1. TheJorro
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      Eurogamer also has an excellent article about how long the seeds for this have been planted, and how they used RDRO as a pilot platform.

      Eurogamer also has an excellent article about how long the seeds for this have been planted, and how they used RDRO as a pilot platform.

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    2. Deimos
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      On this topic, it looks like they actually blocked the casino from being used in a lot of countries, even if it's questionable whether it's "gambling". These two threads on reddit both have big...

      On this topic, it looks like they actually blocked the casino from being used in a lot of countries, even if it's questionable whether it's "gambling". These two threads on reddit both have big lists of countries it doesn't work in, I'm not sure if one or the other is more accurate:

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