Dave and Buster’s is going to let you start gambling on arcade games

This will definitely end well and be fine.

In a move that surely won’t result in someone taking a Skee-Ball to the face, Dave and Buster’s announced Tuesday that patrons will soon be able to gamble on arcade games.

Lucra, the company behind the betting technology is very careful not to use the term “gambling” or “betting,” instead referring to them as “challenges” or “real-money contests” — but if is walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck. It will allow for customers to set up head-to-head bets on things like Skee-Ball...