Software for Money Games
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Question
In the Name of God Hello, Honorable Rabbi, I have a software company. I have an offer to become a partner and develop software through which players can play existing games. The games are not ours. We will only build the software through which the players will play. The software will provide the following options: 1. Tracking and documenting who wins each game. 2. Option to play with virtual gold coins - not real. 3. Option to play with real money between players. Notes: 1. It is not about large sums of money. 2. The money is pre-allocated to the system, which then distributes the money to the winners. 3. The games are based on gaming skills, not luck. 4. The company is established abroad - most players are non-Jews. 5. There is no legal issue according to the country's laws. Am I allowed to do this? Thank you very much in advance.
Answer
Hello,
There is no problem in creating this software.
Source
This is software for a non-Jewish audience.
Even for Jews, it is not clear that it is forbidden, see Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 207, Paragraph 13.
Regarding Asmachta with non-Jews, see Magen Avraham, Siman 448 and 448, there is an opinion that by law Asmachta acquires validity.