Comments on: Blow up the pokies

By: What has Second Life achieved in five years? : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:13:36 +0000

[...] welfare are the three more obvious ones. Linden Lab’s banking ban, ageplay intervention and gambling crackdown have had varying degrees of success – expect more intervention in coming months and [...]

By: Virtual banking - Linden Lab intervenes : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:31:00 +0000

[...] number of residents falls into the ‘about time’ category but like the July 2007 gambling ban the impact on the Second Life economy will be [...]

By: Second Life’s financial underpinnings under threat?

Second Life’s financial underpinnings under threat? — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:30:33 +0000

[...] for visiting!The past week has seen some significant economic turbulence from two fronts. The gambling ban, combined with the defection of multiple businesses from the World Stock Exchange (WSE) to the [...]

By: Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’ve got to increase the quality’

Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’ve got to increase the quality’ — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:51:17 +0000

[...] on the legal issues around ageplay and gambling, he summarised Linden Lab’s intent to tie restrictions to avatars through verification of [...]

By: JD Maloney

JD Maloney — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:20:13 +0000

Just wondering how far this will reach!

Table games where players Vs player for a Pot
- Texas Holdem Poker?
- Greedy Greedy?
- TechWars?

..... Slingo? & Sloders?

By: JD Maloney

JD Maloney — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:20:13 +0000

Just wondering how far this will reach!

Table games where players Vs player for a Pot
– Texas Holdem Poker?
– Greedy Greedy?
– TechWars?

….. Slingo? & Sloders?

By: rails

rails — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:51:26 +0000

The best thing to happen, maybe now SL residents will get out and explore.

If people miss the gambling element of SL, well go into the real world and give your real money to community clubs

By: rails

rails — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:51:26 +0000

The best thing to happen, maybe now SL residents will get out and explore.

If people miss the gambling element of SL, well go into the real world and give your real money to community clubs

By: Kat Claxton

Kat Claxton — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:05:58 +0000

I don’t know Lowell, without avatars sitting there at the games, camping chairs could become a bigger commodity than ever at malls and clubs that previously shared space with casinos. Personally I think the LL traffic counting methods need to change in a way that would nullify the point of camping chairs (thus reducing the load on resources), but that’s another topic for another day.

Honestly, despite all of the grumbling I am hearing, I am surpised that folks don’t realise LL is doing us a favor and protecting us from a federal government that would seek to get a slice of the pie. Would folks be happier having to enforce taxation on their customers, as well as paying an income tax on their Linden earnings? Seriously, it’s the Feds here who are the boogyman, LL is just trying to avoid the headache and mess that goes along with that. It’s a shame LL didn’t headquarter overseas – I’m sorry for all of the international and tribal folks who have to suffer losses because LL happens to be in California.

By: Dembe Wellman

Dembe Wellman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:48:25 +0000

I will not miss gambling and have not taken part in any of the casinos, however I have many RL (Real Life) friends/educators in SL that do and they will miss it a great deal. I think you are correct that this is a big part of the SL culture. Maybe they can create a redlight island just for gambling. lol

SL/ Dembe Wellman

By: nb

nb — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:11:27 +0000

Reply to #1:

Camping chairs are fine. The slot machine activated ones, as pictured above, are not. You have to play the slot machine first before you can earn on those chairs (usually)

By: Kat Claxton

Kat Claxton — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:05:58 +0000