This is for Doug Patterson (AKA the Gambling Geek). Second Life has come down on gambling in world and this has been a source of controversy in SL as elsewhere. See this link from the official Linden Blog. Here is a screen shot taken by SL resident Arsenic Soyinka showing an SL protest of the new policy. Of course Linden labs being a private company they can do what ever they want. I do wonder how this will affect the economics of SL and what is next on the chopping block.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Online Gambling protest in Second Life.
This is for Doug Patterson (AKA the Gambling Geek). Second Life has come down on gambling in world and this has been a source of controversy in SL as elsewhere. See this link from the official Linden Blog. Here is a screen shot taken by SL resident Arsenic Soyinka showing an SL protest of the new policy. Of course Linden labs being a private company they can do what ever they want. I do wonder how this will affect the economics of SL and what is next on the chopping block.
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It definitely sucks, the gambling ban in what's billed as the ultimate libertarian's paradise, but I understand it. LL is a private company, but it cannot to what ever it wants. Its ultimately responsible to the type of behaviour enabled and fostered by their software. Right now the online gaming landscape is pretty bleak here in the US, and the UK with their new asswipe of a PM is starting to clamp down as well. This puts LL in a precarious position. If they know of activity on their servers that is known to be illegal, then they have the legal responsibility to take steps to terminate that activity. In the case of SL, its easier to simply ban all gaming activities than to try and sort out the law country by country, region by region. There are a couple of bills in the House right now that may help loosen the clamp-down on online gaming. Rep Frank (MA) has authored a bill that will provide a regulatory framework for online gaming, and Rep Wexler (FL) has authored a bill that seeks to have poker recognized as game of skill making it exempt from the various laws governing games of chance. All of this will take at least a year or so to play out fully. In the meantime we're stuck with the draconian framework of the UIGEA of 2006. :( Welcome to the United States of Amerika, commrade.
I don't see anything wrong with online gambling as long as their are safeguards in place to protect problem gamblers. When you play online, you can play at your own pace, with no noise, no smoking, and lower stakes.
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