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

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

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

The Matrix is 25.5 years right now.

Jurassic Park came out 32 years ago...

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

You're going to hell for this 🤣🤣🤣

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I hope I am! I named my dog Lucifer 😈

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want to gamble on Balatro.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish I had your restraint. EVERY time!

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

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

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 month ago

Yet still youtube allows lootbox opening videos