“There’s all sorts of weapons you can get and you can get different skins, so your guns in the game can have different patterns,” he said. From gaming to ‘real-life money’Ī former student of a secondary school in Hawke’s Bay said when he was at school, he started betting money on overseas video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s “skin” gambling website.

“I’ve found myself getting loans off my mates for the weekends,” he said. The former secondary school student now faces a gambling addiction and struggles financially as a current university student.