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[VGC] Report alleges Roblox casino sites are letting children gamble millions of dollars

Thick Thighs Save Lives

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Children are gambling millions of dollars’ worth of Roblox currency in casino sites, a new report claims.

On his Sharpr newsletter, which covers esports and betting, journalist Cody Luongo claims that there are “a handful of black market casino sites aggressively targeting the franchise’s youthful audience and facilitating illegal gambling services”.

According to Sharpr, these sites – including BloxFlip, RBXFlip, RBXLWild and RBXGold – allow users to log in with their Roblox accounts and deposit either in-game Roblox items or Robux currency, then gamble them in “a variety of luck-based casino and head-to-head games”.

The article also notes that BloxFlip has a Discord server, where users can earn special roles based on how much they wager on the site. Users can become ‘Whales’ on the Discord server if they wager more than 1 million Robux, the equivalent of $12,500.

It’s alleged that these sites, which are unauthorised and not related to Roblox itself, make no proper attempt to verify the age of the users taking part.

Given that 62% of Roblox users are 16 or under, it’s therefore likely that a portion of the people using these gambling sites are children.

Sharpr also cites examples of Roblox influencers, some of whom are under 18, who have been contacted by BloxFlip with offers to sponsor their content, pay a fixed rate for views and give them an affiliate code that would give them a cut of wagers made by their followers.

In one example, Roblox influencer DarkkHayden, who has over 300,000 YouTube subscribers and 350,000 TikTok followers, tweeted an email they had received from BloxFlip offering them such a deal, despite them only being 14 years old.



The report also quotes the owner of a popular third-party Roblox trading site, who spoke to Sharpr under anonymity and claimed that most of the users being targeted by BloxFlip are under 18.

“Like 90% of the people promoting are underage, and it’s not even difficult to figure that out just based on the type of content they put out,” they said. “These gambling sites don’t do any due diligence in asking for the age of the people they’re promoting with.”

A spokesperson for Roblox Corporation told Sharpr that it was in the process of taking action on gambling sites, but didn’t explain how.

 
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splattered

Member
My kids are NOT allowed to play Roblox because of crap like this and there being more of a child predator presence on that platform... they play Minecraft but i somewhat lock it down and monitor their activity as best i can. My kids also play fortnite and i lock that down esp for my middle child. I played some matches yesterday and pre-teens were just screaming obscenities on their mics the whole match, it's insane.
 

Chukhopops

Member
That’s fucking brutal, kids’ brains are not equipped to handle something as addictive as Blackjack or slots.

I don’t play Roblox but are the Robux or whatever they’re called transferable from one account to another?
 

ZoukGalaxy

Member
I think of all those irresponsible parents giving a tablet or a phone at a very young age without any control and supervision, that's so sick and the digital future is going to be even sicker.
That's like dropping your children in the old far west.
Everything is going so fast on the Internet that's just sad to see people taking advantages by abusing children's weakness like that.
 
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