Casino News: Gambling outlawed in Second Life virtual world
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Gambling outlawed in Second Life virtual world July 26, 2007, 3:37 pm (4 years ago)The fallout from the United States’ Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has continued with casinos in popular virtual world Second Life being shut down wholesale.
Linden Labs, which created the popular online game, has announced that all gambling activities in the virtual world have been shut down because of legal concerns. It said that it will not be responsible for any monetary losses made by gamers who run the virtual casinos. Indeed, Linden Labs itself is likely to lose a substantial amount of income as gamers must pay rent and buy virtual currency to play the game. The UIGEA, which was introduced last October, outlawed payment by bank or credit card companies to internet casinos, poker rooms and other online gambling companies. The Second Life blog explained that Linden Labs will continue to monitor the legal situation and may change the status of gambling in Second Life “as we receive feedback from the community and from legal authorities, or as new regulations, industry practices and technology solutions come into effect”. Second Life gambling came to the attention of the authorities early this year and in April Linden Labs invited the FBI to visit the casinos within the game. There was some doubt as to whether the virtual gambling operations, some of which were making profits of about $1,500 per month, came under US gambling law. However, Linden Labs has opted for the cautious approach and all gambling activity on Second Life has now been stopped.
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3. Clayton
February 27, 2009, 1:58 pm (2 years ago) quero entrar
4. Ingrid
April 20, 2009, 9:48 am (2 years ago) muito legal...
5. Ezequiel
May 19, 2009, 6:57 pm (2 years ago) yo soy el mas guapo
6. Father Jones
September 9, 2009, 5:16 pm (2 years ago) Second Life anno 2009: Too many people are still losing too much money on Zyngo. And it is for sure a gambling game first class. Even with the blue and green jokers, it is definitly a game of chance, like bingo is considered one. Talking about too much money, I mean like people playing for 1000 USD in one hour. Did you guys ever searched for high roller places with Zyngo? You can play machines there for 5000 (17 USD)up to 50000 Linden Dollars (175 USD) a game, with pots to win up to 1 million Linden Dollars (3500 USD). And that is what the creator of the game and the owners of those places call an innocent game of skill for fun? I wonder when someone will have the guts to bring this to the right people, the press, the financial company’s Linden Lab is depending on, and also of course the US government,… We are not only talking about Zyngo in this matter. There are lots of вЂ
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