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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- FBI investigators have visited Second Life's Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling.
I'm ... speachless. Thunderstruck even.
Second Life is like a giant online game with thousands of users. Except there's no "game" , you all sit around and chat. And write program code, and create virtual objects. Think of it like playing world of warcraft , except instead of going out and slaying monsters , you stay in the city and just chat.
Second life does let yuo make objects , and attach program code to them.
This is the part that renders me speachless. Why ? Because if you were to make such a casino , everything is program code. And that means it's dirt easy to cheat and make sure the house always wins, the slot machine always lets you win when you're testing it but always takes your money when you do it for real , etc etc.
Basically , you're an idiot of you use a "computer" slot machine instead of a mechanical one.
And they're gambling in there ? With real cash ? Gambling against some programmer using HIS program and trusting him not to cheat ?
The gullibility of some people just boggles my mind.
You do understand that online gambling has in fact been kicked out of north america and is forced to operate only off shore sites because they constantly cheat and rip people off even as it is ?
Online gambling should be barred entirely , ESPECIALLY in a virtual world like Second Life, because you can't even trust these yahoo's in the real world with real cards and real slot machines. Now you want to give them the ability to program rigged decks of cards and slot machines that do anything they like and bet real money on it ? Forget it , you're an idiot for stepping into such a place.
I'm just ... flabbergasted that you would even consider giving these jokers a single penny. Of course shut them down. Absolutely.
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