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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of 2010 when lootboxes and gacha games were okay because teaching children to gamble with Dad's credit card was awesome.

15 years later and YouTube doesn't even know what gambling is anymore, lol.

[–] Tamo240@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't you dare remind me how long ago 2010 was

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Matrix is 25.5 years right now.

Jurassic Park came out 32 years ago...

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're going to hell for this 🤣🤣🤣

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I hope I am! I named my dog Lucifer 😈

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to gamble on Balatro.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had your restraint. EVERY time!

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

First three times I got the wheel it triggered.

I didn't understand the memes.

Then it never happened again.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

But poly is going to fix all my problems!! At least thats what the OF model told me.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't care what the dev says: that thing ain't 1:4.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It's 1:4 but everytime the card is played a new set of 1:4 starts, so fuck knows what the actual odds are.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Humans are bad at probability, and that's mostly why they gamble too.

Every wheel draw is supposed to be independent (it's not totally so because computer "random" is really a pseudo-random algorithm, but close enough). So every time you draw, the odds are 1:4. Previous draws don't matter.

On an infinitely large number of draws, you'd see a 1/4 success rate. This doesn't mean you can't fail a dozen times in a row (the probability of that is (3/4)^12, about 3%... It happens).

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

It's always 1:4 then but that doesn't mean in 4 goes you're guaranteed a win.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

It's 1:4 but everytime the card is played a new set of 1:4 starts

Of course it does, or the odds wouldn't be 1 in 4...

If you flip a coin, you "start" a new set of 1 in 2 odds too -- that's what makes it always 50/50

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

YouTube no longer allows any reference to gambling sites or applications "not certified by Google."

It's literally on the Play Store, rated at M.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dunno why it's even rated M. Seems high for what it is

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

It's rated M because of moderators poor understanding of 'gambling'

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago

Yet still youtube allows lootbox opening videos