Is the money paid to purchase an in-game item that involves gambling and real-money upgrades, knowing that the buyer does not participate in the gambling but rather buys the item ready-made, considered permissible or impermissible?

Purchasing some additional features in electronic games is permissible if the game itself is permissible, because these features are a benefit within the game, making compensation for them valid, provided that the expenditure of money is not a form of gambling.