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by HPsquared 1656 days ago
There are two terms because they are different things: one is illegal and generally involves other illegal things such as fraud, while the other is legal 'gaming the system'. Gaming is not the same as cheating.
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Go on, play games with your friends and abuse the tiniest rules and tell them "ah ah, it's not cheating". See how long you last.

Not respecting the spirit of the law is illegal in most of europe, and it's merely a matter of money being thrown around, preventing any legal action. But every time it happens, Google is found guilty. See their latest 5 billion fine, see what happened with Ireland.

It's "legal" because noone can spend the money to investigate them on their crimes.

The difference seems to be mostly the amounts of money involved.