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==Incidents==

~~{{Ph-C-Inc}}~~

~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~

===Unnotified T&C changes===

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*[[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]

===Gambling===

Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web |title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines |access-date=August 17, 2025 |website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greer |first=Nancy |last2=Boyle |first2=Cailem Murray |last3=Jenkinson |first3=Rebecca |title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games |url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms |url-status=live |work=Australian Institute of Family Studies |language=English}}</ref>. It is also Important to note that these servers can be accessed by people with gambling issues as there is no compliance with existing gambling self-exclusion practices.

{| class="wikitable"

|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Sep 2025 |title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo |url-status=live |access-date=17 Sep 2024 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>

!Server Name

!Owned by

!Problem

|-

|CosmicPVP

|PrestonPlayz

Mr. Waffles

|Rigging Rates in lootboxes

|-

|PurplePrisons

|Saito

|Allows for buying unbans<sub>Also Against Mojang TOS</sub>

|}

===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===

After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to ~~either~~ link their ~~Microsoft Xbox~~ account to ~~their Minecraft account or, create~~ a Microsoft ~~Xbox~~ account~~. Non-compliance with these requirements would mean that people who had previously purchased Minecraft would lose~~ access to ~~the~~ purchase ~~<ref name="minecraftUG"/>~~.

After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to link their Minecraft account to a Microsoft account to continue to have access to their purchase. Read More on the main article: [[Minecraft account migration]]

==Products==

*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game

*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game

*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game

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 ==Incidents==
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
 ===Unnotified T&C changes===
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 *[[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]
+===Gambling===
+Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web |title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines |access-date=August 17, 2025 |website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greer |first=Nancy |last2=Boyle |first2=Cailem Murray |last3=Jenkinson |first3=Rebecca |title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games |url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms |url-status=live |work=Australian Institute of Family Studies |language=English}}</ref>. It is also Important to note that these servers can be accessed by people with gambling issues as there is no compliance with existing gambling self-exclusion practices.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Sep 2025 |title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo |url-status=live |access-date=17 Sep 2024 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>
+!Server Name
+!Owned by
+!Problem
+|-
+|CosmicPVP
+|PrestonPlayz
+Mr. Waffles
+|Rigging Rates in lootboxes
+|-
+|PurplePrisons
+|Saito
+|Allows for buying unbans<sub>Also Against Mojang TOS</sub>
+|}
 ===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===
-After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to either link their Microsoft Xbox account to their Minecraft account or, create a Microsoft Xbox account. Non-compliance with these requirements would mean that people who had previously purchased Minecraft would lose access to the purchase <ref name="minecraftUG"/>.
+After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to link their Minecraft account to a Microsoft account to continue to have access to their purchase. Read More on the main article: [[Minecraft account migration]]
 ==Products==
 *[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game
 *[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game
 *[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game