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Gaming's gambling problem is out of hand | This Week in Business

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If it seems like just last month we talked about gambling in this space, well, it was actually about a month and a half ago. But we're back talking about it this week because People Make Games released a report on gambling in Valve's long-running free-to-play hit Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Much like the YouTube channel's report on the exploitative design of Roblox from last year, its report on CS:GO gambling is an illuminating look at something lots of people already knew was going on and expressed little concern over, but laid out in such a thorough, clear, and coherent way as to make the bigger picture as impactfully horrifying as it deserves to be.

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