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https://powerpacks.gamestop.com
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With this “Rip digitally” and the PSA integration I seriously think they have an edge over the other competitors, in this garbage field.
Love that they placed an arcade looking like a slot machine in their banner. Chef kiss.
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Legalized gambling for kids, guess they’ll start young and learn that the house always wins before they go to Vegas
Maybe I can get some use for my free 5$ a month membership
Power (packs) to the players.
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From what I’ve seen on YouTube videos, it’s miles better than any garbage mystery product repacks from any person in youtube/whatnot/whatever other platform (if we’re talking expected value). As bad as gambling is, I’ll take the “lesser evil” if this means all these garbage online scammer repacks with junk slabs disappear.
I’m usually not this negative about stuff, but I firmly believe this is a negative for pokemon card collecting. 
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Courtyard.io has generally proven to be good for this kind of thing. It’s a losers/breakeven game but you can get some cool slabs. In order to meet their “average value” you do need to do high volume to bring your average up. 75% chance your down money on a single spin generally speaking
Buck Bunny has been Gamestop’s sorta-kinda mascot for a while.
Me irl
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I was seeing many posts talking about how fun and addicting this is by people who outright say they don’t collect pokemon cards. Do you think this will lead to some sort of regulation since to them, in their own words, it’s indistinguishable from an online slot machine?
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Only if people start making enough noise that the US government notices. Currently anybody over the age of 60 (most US government leaders) will still view cards as a toy and not take it seriously even if you said you made a million dollars. If there was a large outcry that could educate people why its just gambling there could be regulations put in place on cards or even things like lootboxes.
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can u use otherwise useless tradein credit from the old trade 2/3 days tho 
There’s a YT channel that’s been doing 2-3 hour lives consistently every couple of days, opening all sorts of packs. I don’t want to promote any specific channels; it should be easy to find.
Small update on this.
Looks like GameStop added some crazy chase cards and revealed the probability breakdown for each level. I am assuming that the majority of these cards are sourced directly from PSA Vault’s offer program.
You have a 40% chance to lose 25%-50% of your bid, a 30% chance to lose 0%-25% of your bid, and a 25% chance to gain 0%-100% in profit, and a 4% chance to 2x-16x+ your bid. Put in simple terms, 7 out of 10 packs will result in losing money.
Diamond Level - $1,000
Platinum Level - $500
Gold Level - $100
Silver Level - $50
Starter Level - $25
I think the platform is going to become incredibly popular because people love gambling. Now you can gamble with Pokemon cards, sell your undesired “hits” back to the program, and store your chase cards instantly in the PSA vault.
If you have a gambling addiction or a tendency to overspend on gambling, please do not give this power pack program a try. You will most likely lose money in the long-run. Never gamble what you are unwilling to lose, and be cognizant that the cards won through this program are subject to market volatility that may also result in losses over time.
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How long until they integrate sports betting into Pokemon card gambling? “Use your sports betting wins to gamble on Pokemon cards! It’s the best of both worlds!! Pika, Pika!!”
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FIFA, PIKA!!
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