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Probably cause Stripe likes money?


Of course they like money, that's why the rule is there in the first place. High amount of chargebacks and fraud costs them money.


A company I worked for tried to use Stripe but couldn't because they don't allow "fantasy sports leagues with cash prizes". They definitely aren't willing to make exceptions for everyone.


In practice, unregulated online gambling is much closer to fraud than porn.


They won't operate online pharmacies. Not because they aren't legit one but because there are so many bad actors out there they just won't engage with pharmacies -- we tried setting one of the up with a cashless solution but Stripe didn't want to.




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