A duel wagering system such that when 2 pilots engage in a duel in a sector, all other pilots in a sector are alerted with instructions for commands to bet credits on who will win.

1.) when a player places a bet, the sector is alerted.

2.) Players only win money if someone bets for the opponent.

3.) Money is transferred automatically at the end of the duel so that players are committed.

4.) There should be a either a maximum bet amount or it should be restricted to the amount of credits the person actually has.

5.) A player who bets loses his ability to /givemoney temporarily (possible method to prevent exploit of betting then emptying bank to prevent losses)

6.) Duelist cannot bet (however, it could be the other way.. depending on how complex that would make the system versus exploitation)

This could be extended like horse racing and other such competitions, and some dividend of the accumulated bets are given to the winning duelist.

It occurs to me that this could be also further enhanced by allowing commanders to bet using guild bank money.. this would create the possiblity of guilds having "champions" that are endorsed by their commander and backed by their guild bank.

+1. I've always felt there should be some potential for gambling or betting in VO. A Player-Made system would require thr involved players to trust each other. Building it into the game would negate this requirement.

+1

We have to negotiate this nightmare-forest of constantly-evolving regulation and rating-oversight, across the entire planet. As you might imagine, this is challenging, especially with limited resources.

For game-ratings, everyone used to use the ESRB, so at least there was a single system. But now every country wants to legislate its own system (Korea and Belgium rather famously), and things are increasingly complex.

The PEGI system, adopted by many countries, as of 2020 now considers any appearance of simulated gambling in a game to be cause for an 18+ rating.

Apple, as always, is a little more vague about this, but seems to be moving in a similar direction.

So, while I'm fond of the historical intersection of gambling-and-science-fiction depicted in a lot of media, I'm not sure that we're going to be able to do that in the near future.

So the best way out would be to make ita community hosted event like Team DX?

Not really, no.

if a plugin were made by players to facilitate such a thing, would that be something that you would lay the hammer on?

Rules aside, that would still involve players having to trust each other with their credits. If that is happening, you don't need a plugin. Unless you're making some kind of betting booth bot where players can lay bets on certain fixed events such as nation wars or CSRs. "fixed" as in events that occur at predictable times, not "fixed" as in match-fixing.