The FV Patreon is something to mention as the OP suggests it is revolved around some gambling system. While the legality around it seems murky, someone can figure out a couple things from the existence of it alone.
First, let's look at their whole general thing:
Their amount of monthly earnings are not shown. That's bad.
But hey, we know what they spend on the Patreon earnings as of 2 weeks ago:
Let's break this down:
Server cost + merchandise ""raw"" material: €0 - bull+shit=bullshit.
Game servers do not count Simba. The raw material cost is nonexistent if you know your break even. Simba's jargon is bs. Plus nobody would buy from his because he's gross.
One-off costs: €20 - A digital gift card/game/cheap thing. This is not really a cost if you're running a business and have enough people with your service. This is a growth mechanic to get people attracted to your stuff. Primarily helps to regain any losses that you accrued with the prize.
You want to gain benefits from this. AKA, If you lose money on a €10 gift card, your business skills are bad.
tl;dr: this is bull.
"Con" insurance: Low as €40. It's funny that they only list a "future cost" as insurance as venues for any type of convention for fandoms, businesses, and meetings are expensive.
To gather from this, Simba's spending is shit and does not know how to manage money for a """""server"""""/"""""""""business"""""""". He is pulling a Furaffinity and will most likely compromise all user data with 2 USB flash drives. For any of you hanging out there still: run or die.
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