Hey, so I’m currently developing a game that is essentially just Texas hold 'em poker. I’m nearly finished with a bare-bones version of the game, and the thought just crossed my mind that something like this could potentially violate Roblox’s terms of service. My game doesn’t have any Robux transactions, and you can’t increase your chances real money. The only currency at stake is in-game chips that cannot be purchased and have no real value.
Despite this, I’m afraid this game could still get taken down or even get my account banned. I looked into Roblox’s terms of service, and apparently both the Moderate and Restricted content levels allow the depiction of “unplayable gambling content”. This is a very cryptic definition, though, since it doesn’t specify if this prohibits gambling where there are no real stakes involved.
I’m especially uncertain about this since Roblox tends to allow loot boxes and other chance-based purchases in many popular games, which is essentially just blatant gambling, often marketed towards children. If anyone has any input, feel free to let me know, thanks.
Now, the presence of so-called “Random paid items” (for example, the game allows a user to receive a virtual coin in exchange for Robux. The user then goes to a different place in the game and throws the coin into a fountain, and then the user gets a random virtual item) and “unplayable gambling content” (depictions of games of chance or luck without gambling mechanics, so one cannot bet on or play the games themselves) only affects the age rating of the game.
So will my game fall under “unplayable gambling content” since players can’t bet on real currency, only fake chips? The game is technically “playable”, it’s just not real money being spent.
It’s difficult to say for sure because the term “unplayable gambling content” is not clearly defined. However, it doesn’t seem that this type of game would fit under this category. In any case, the age rating of the game does not increase just because there is “unplayable gambling content.”
No, unplayable gambling content is for things like decorations. As long as there is no way to spend Robux to use for gambling you’re fulling abiding by Roblox ToS. Also to clarify the paid random items option, it means things such as lootboxes that you can buy for robux. Paid meaning paid with robux/premium only currency in this case.