Are casinos allowed (with non-real currencies)

[mortal spindle]

According to the TOS, anything related to Gambling can not be part of any server.
I wanted to add casinos to my server using a currency that can not be bought in ANY WAY with real currency.

Would this be allowed or not?

[slender junco]

@steel flame
This seems like it's in your expertise

[mortal spindle]

erm, I still need help regarding this, I don't want our server to get banned

[steel flame]

Hi @mortal spindle according to the Minecraft Usage Guidelines (MUG) gambling is not allowed regardless of whether its IRL currency or merely in game with no way to cash out.

[mellow flax]

Okay but do you ever suspend servers for not complying with MUG?

[mortal spindle]

Despite what's written in the MUG, I saw a lot of minehut servers literally having paid loot boxes, which are blatant IRL gambling. Why shouldn't a harmless casino involving ONLY IN-GAME CURRENCY not be allowed?

Could I get around that if I explicit it in some text of the GUI that it's not to be taken as an IRL example?

[steel flame]

There are laws and rules regarding loot boxes that prevent them from being classified as gambling. I'm not here to debate the subject. There are plenty of studies regarding the claim "harmless casino"
You've answered your own questions in the first line "...anything related to Gambling can not be part of any server."

[mortal spindle]

Eh, fine I guess. May I know if y'all punish non-complying servers, or let servers individually risk their domains with Mojang?

[steel flame]

Minehut enforces its own TOS which can be found here (https://support.minehut.com/hc/en-us/articles/27075816947731-Minehut-Rules). If Mojang requests a servers be removed/shut down due to violation of their policies Minehut will certainly comply with that.

Personally I don't find some risks worth it regardless of the amount of people doing it.

[mortal spindle]

Thank you for the help anyways. Unfortunate I can't bring some fun to our server's economy.

[mellow flax]

can you disclose how many servers you have shut down due to mojang requesting it?

[steel flame]

You're welcome, I think there are plenty of ways to bring some fun without relying on gambling mechanics. 🙂

[mortal spindle]

Any ideas?

[steel flame]

Me? None, lol. I simply help moderate here and there and answer questions like this. My primary duties are helping servers become compliant with the MUG which is why DDBrother pinged me in initially. 🙂

[mellow flax]

Not you personally

[steel flame]

Feel free to shoot me a DM explaining the gamemode of your server and what makes it different from most and I might be able to give you some ideas to spin off.

[mortal spindle]

I guess we can keep the discussion here too if it's fine for you. It's still server-related ig, lol

[steel flame]

I have no idea, as I said I don't handle these sorts of requests as I don't personally work on Minehut. Though I think messing with such statistics is like saying well 99% people fail but I'll be the 1%!! Its just not worth the risk imo.

[steel flame]

Sure, if you'd prefer that. Some folks are sensitive about sharing server details. Drop the info & I'll get back to you when I'm able.

[mortal spindle]

It's pretty much a SMP focused around countries and minecraft politics. There are mechanics to wage wars, set ideologies and stuff like that, of course we banned and prohibited all extremist things you might expect in such a server. Currently the economy is pretty complex as prices are influenced by a sort of stock market, and selling/buying stuff influences the price of the stock market's assets as well, which in return again affects the prices of the items.

Its community came mainly from an old Hypixel SMP made by us that had an insane success on its forums, thus it's very active and it's going very well so far

[steel flame]

Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll have a think and get back to you.

[mortal spindle]