Habbox Casino?

[-Danube-]

Hey,

Well in a discussion in the Habbo in General forum it was brought up again about a 'Habbox Casino', i know this idea gets thrown around alot and Sierk did have one right at the start of Habbox that was quite popular.

I just wanted to see what people thought about this idea. Basically i don't play Habbo like i used to back in the day, so i have quite a bit of furni i could put into making a really nice (green) casino and leaving it there forever really.

I'd run it like any casino on Habbo, anyone can buy Room Rights or D.E at a price obviously (credits from this would go to Habbox). People betting in the room would do it at their own risk and any scammers would be removed from the room.

I just wanted to see some feedback from people on this idea, would it be worth me trying to do something like this? Or would it be a waste of time? How could we ensure Habbox users use the room and thus attract other people from Habbo to Habbox and the casino.

Thanks
~Dan

[myke]

It's a good idea, I remember the old one... but monitoring of naughty Habbos would have to be pretty good otherwise it could earn Habbox a bad reputation!!! :p

[Kasabian]

Yeah, I remember sitting in sierk's old one.

Good idea in theory - but would need monitoring closely, like Myke said.

[-Danube-]

I'm sure, if we got it popular enough, it would naturally get monitored well.

I mean, you'd be surprised how many PMs we get from users whilst in HxHD about Staff or other Members. I think our members are pretty good at moderating things for us alot of the time. I think with a casino, they would be even better, because if they were scammed by someone in the room, they would probably immediately send me a PM and i'd sort the scammer out that way.

I'd have to make it clear that Habbox is not responsible for any loss of furni in the room, and they only bet what they can afford.

I just want to make sure i won't waste my time doing this. Like you said Tom, it's a great idea in theory, i just need to backing of Habbox members to help me keep it mildly popular.

[sophiethenerd]

Be tricky to mod. And it would need to be modded well so as to not give habbox a bad reputation for scamming and such. Someone might scam, get away with it, and end up scamming lots of people under habbox's name. But, if it is pulled off well it could be awesome.

[lawrawrrr]

I think it's a good idea... might bring a different set of members to Habbox again! The scammer issure might be a problem though - especially with more popular casinos, the threat gets higher. Maybe you could set up a group of trusted Habbox members/staff who are like official room 'mods' as well as the dealers to take the pressure off of you to sort out the scammers!

[Calvin]

Whatever you say such as Habbox is not responsible etc. you'll still get members that are new to Habbo or the whole casino scene accusing Habbox of scamming.

You're probably better off making a casino yourself and promoting it on the forums to save Habbox getting any crap for it. And about the reporting issue, if a bunch of people report a user that is innocent and you remove the persons rights then you'll have them blaming Habbox or yourself (which will lead onto Habbox too).

Also, what advantages would there be out of an official Habbox casino? There wouldn't be that much people using Habbox values because they would much rather use an official product by Sulake that they can trust.

[Yupt]

Im sure theres plenty of people at habbox who bet and would be willing to help out. Its a good idea and I hope it gets put forward for further consideration.

[Inseriousity.]

I've always been a fan of the idea. As long as Habbox set up a 'terms and conditions' thread somewhere regarding evidence of scammers and responsibility, I don't really see it as much of a problem. Could earn some money for Habbox in terms of the casino itself and the kind of Habbo it brings in (to advertise things like the lottery etc).

[Conservative,]

It's worth a try imo. It will be monitored because there will nearly always be members & staff in there.

Can I just say though - any staff caught scamming in there should be immediately fired? Because it's a breach of trust. But yeah I like the idea.