GTA Online's New Casino Lets Players Spend Real Money On Virtual Gambling

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It turns out that earlier reports that you could use in-game currency "shark cards" to purchase chips is not actually the case. You can only use cash earned via gameplay. That's definitely better.online casino software

There's been an ongoing debate about gambling in video games for the past few years, ever since loot boxes became widespread not just in mobile games, but in console and PC titles like Overwatch, Call of Duty and FIFA.

Now, Rockstar Games have added the Diamond Casino & Resort to GTA Online. It's a pretty cool-sounding new location, replete with a rooftop infinity pool, lots of new missions and a virtual casino where you can spend in-game chips on slot machines, Roulette, Black Jack or Three Hand Poker.

This is where things get . . . dicey. You can spend real money in GTA Online to purchase the game's in-game currency, which you can then spend on cosmetics, vehicles and so forth. You can also now spend this currency on the Casino's chips, which are essentially a second in-game currency that can be used for various Casino-related activities and cosmetics, and to purchase chips with.

So you can spend real money to buy in-game chips and then gamble them away. In the process, you can win chips and spend those chips on more gambling or more in-game content. What you can't do is take those chips and cash them in for real money.