Best answer so far is this from someone in a group: "I honestly believe that this wasn't a decision LL wanted to make but were rather forced as gambling is illegal in a lot of countries so its either ban gachas or ban accounts accessing sl from those countries... we would all make the same choice if we were LL" and this warning from New World Notes back in June https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/06/expect-a-real-life-crack-down-on-second-life-gachas-says-lawyer.html?fbclid=IwAR2wGJrNdX7gaysBThsNl5dS6yPOO3yixI3Wf8rUWOLlj5dki4isRMusA-c