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Comment by Negitivefrags | Hacker News Reader

Betable has been banging their drum for ages now, but unless they change their strategy I doubt they are going to get anywhere.

There are simply no examples of a games using their platform, or at least I was unable to find one, and as a developer, why would I risk developing one in that situation?

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Someone's gotta be first, right? And if it did work, the payoff could be huge. I see what you're saying tho--we're hesitant as well. I would love to see an example of an iOS app released that integrates Betable. This FAQ (https://betable.freshdesk.com/solution/categories/17300/fold...) makes it sound like it's at least allowed.

If your going to have a "Someone's gotta be first" problem, then you need to make sure that solving that problem is part of your business plan.

Having failed to find anybody out there willing to take the risk, at this point they need to be paying to commission games to use their platform or develop some in house if they want to have any chance of convincing developers that the platform even works.

I'm not risking Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass-Prison over getting a few gamblers to spend money in my game. Someone at Betable claims they have really good protections in place for this but I don't think U.S. devs should go near it.

Over in the UK its legal, but what is Betable going to do when there's an FBI sting on your studio for violating U.S. gambling laws? These are serious issues that need to be considered.

See my comment (and presumably a response from someone at Betable) here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4222024

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