While the number of views on Durov’s posts keeps skyrocketing (from 2M to 13M+ already), he decided to monetize that attention.

ℹ️ And he chose probably the most straightforward niche possible: casinos. Right inside TG. The announced RTP = 97%. Which means that in the long run, Telegram/Durov will earn around 3% of turnover on average, while players will, accordingly, lose.

🤔 The gambling feature is only available starting from level 5 (the one upgraded through gifts). Withdrawals are limited to gifts and channels only. So in reality, Durov is in an even better position. Yes, it’s вполне possible that early users will get bonuses or manage to profit at the start. But globally, that doesn’t really change the core idea. Personally, I think it’s quite a controversial move reputation-wise. Though financially, it’ll probably be extremely successful. Especially now, when economic times are rough. In periods like this, casinos and pawnshops usually thrive. Existing casino owners will probably also take a hit to profits, since the audience remains the same while a new casino has entered the market — one with built-in marketing cheats. You can hear Meta’s opinion here 😏

👉 This won’t be the 4th step… right? Right? The only hope is that at least part of these funds will genuinely go toward developing TON/TG. So far, that’s the only positive scenario I see here. By the way, TG is already preparing to release an AI-powered smart contract development environment and agent wallets. But that’s a completely different story for a separate post 😉

🤫 You can grab some TON to test things out in Split 🐟

💬 What are your thoughts?
👍 — I like it, maybe they’ll drop more bonuses
🤝 — Better spending money with Durov than elsewhere
❤️ — Casinos are rock bottom
🔥 — Hell nah, maybe it’s time to leave already?
⭐️ — Thanks for the post

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