2 posts tagged “casinos”

this NO CASINO LL LAW issue bothers the living shit out of me. i am serious. anti casino assholes, rightwing fucks are just everywhere in sl. these rightwing fuckes have the mind of some " spy on yer neighbor " mindset. yet they  think, they are " morally " correct by trying to make everyone believe their twisted arguements and follow those rules.

it was late, but i didn't feel up to do anything 'creating' wise or shopping ( yawns ).so i tp'd in to the #1 top most popular place according to the SL traffic numbers. and this what happend :

[0:51]  Kiz Flanagan: The gaming securities on WSE all dropped within half an hour - over 43 million linden dollars people lost in stock.[0:51]  You: omg???
[0:51]  Kiz Flanagan: yrly
[0:52]  You: 43mill here in sl?
[0:52]  Kiz Flanagan: Yup
[0:52]  Kiz Flanagan: All the SL stock markets that dealt in gaming securities are hurting big; might be the nail in the WSE coffin.
[0:53]  You: ohmy wow... can i take that info from you kiz and blog about that as well
[0:53]  Kiz Flanagan: You can, but it would be anecdotal - I only have second hand news, not actual figures. You should look into it a little more.
[0:53]  Kiz Flanagan: That's my legal advice ;)
[0:54]  Kiz Flanagan: http://www.wselive.com/
[0:54]  Kiz Flanagan: That's the WSE exchanges webby
[0:55]  Kiz Flanagan: They had almost all the casino stocks, because as this shows, all other stock exchanges saw them as too risky a commodity.
[0:55]  You: awesome.. i am making notes right now
[0:57]  Kiz Flanagan: I mean, just look at the market graph on the front - from over 500,000 market trade daily down to 120,000 in that day, in linden dollars.
[0:58]  Kiz Flanagan: But there are a few options: most traded gaming groups have their hands in other markets, first of all - real estate, etc.
[0:58]  You: i saw it... i cant even imagine what this is going to look like in a month ahead
[0:58]  Kiz Flanagan: Second, linden did not outlaw simulated gambling, they outlawed simulated gambling with any currency or item of value.
[0:58]  Kiz Flanagan: a system of free tickets that could be redeemed off-server for uh... "whatever"... ;) ... would still be viable.
[0:59]  Kiz Flanagan: This is what alot of the online poker rooms do.
[0:59]  Kiz Flanagan: It would take new scripting on the gaming machines, but it's very doable.
[0:59]  You: well yes but people are people and some disgruntled anti casino everything may snitch
[0:59]  You: yes and cost a lot of money
[0:59]  Kiz Flanagan: The best option is to combine that, with organized protests at all in-world linden properties.
[1:00]  Kiz Flanagan: It would comply entirely with their policy as written - all activity that is related to "items of value" would take place off linden servers.
[1:00]  Kiz Flanagan: Much like the SLExchange.
[1:00]  You: well they did in the past when no one bougth land because the prices went up skihigh
[1:01]  You: kiz i am taking notes on everything and off course i will not mention your last name in the blog
[1:01]  You: but this is something people want and need to read asap
[1:02]  Kiz Flanagan: Check my figures first, and as long as you do that, you can use my last name all you want
[1:02]  Kiz Flanagan: And my company, GMT+12 Consulting's, name ;)
[1:02]  Kiz Flanagan: lmfao
[1:02]  You: are you sure? i will!
[1:02]  You: awesome

[1:02]  Kiz Flanagan: Just check my facts.
[1:02]  Kiz Flanagan: I don't want to look like a dumbass ;)
[1:03]  You: :)
[1:03]  Kiz Flanagan: :P
[1:03]  You: i suppose hippie pay is still legal then ?
[1:04]  Kiz Flanagan: Oh yes.
[1:04]  Kiz Flanagan: There is no random chance or numbers involved in hippie pay.
[1:04]  You: but there is not a guarantee that you will paid neither
[1:05]  Kiz Flanagan: If it's what I think it is, it's where you take external surveys to make money?
[1:05]  Kiz Flanagan: That is totally legal still.
[1:05]  You: what about the taxes hippiepay should pay to the big man?
[1:05]  You: yes thats what it is
[1:05]  You: same as money land
[1:05]  Kiz Flanagan: Right
[1:05]  Kiz Flanagan: None of that involves games of chance, so it is not regulateable.
[1:06]  You: i see yes
[1:06]  Kiz Flanagan: The legal foible here is that while the money is not technically currency, it does allow americans and other countries that regulate gaming, to game. I just wish linden would make up their mind on whether or not they consider the linden dollar a true currency - they change their opinion as convenient.
[1:06]  Kiz Flanagan: Particularly as investors are involved.
[1:07]  Kiz Flanagan: "Simulated linden stock exchanges are allowable w/o regulation because the L Dollar is not a real currency"
[1:07]  Kiz Flanagan: "Gambling is not illegal because the L Dollar is a currency"
[1:07]  Kiz Flanagan: It's doublespeak.
[1:07]  You: well the investors are marketing online companies such as name brands coke, blockbuster, ipod etc
[1:07]  Kiz Flanagan: *is illegal
[1:08]  Kiz Flanagan: Linden has so far favored the simulated stock exchanges here, but in it's purest sense, this law bans them - they don't say as much, but the online stock market is also a game based on chance.
[1:09]  Kiz Flanagan: We will see if they decide to enforce it, or turn a head because it's good for their PR.
[1:09]  You: i am very impressed kiz, you have an very insightful knowledge
[1:10]  Kiz Flanagan: ty, I try to keep up with things here. It's my job ;)
[1:10]  You: thats really amazing and really people need to know these things
[1:10]  You: do you have a office here in world?
[1:11]  Kiz Flanagan: Ah, yes.
[1:11]  You: oh great, what is the slurl to it?
[1:11]  Kiz Flanagan: Where I store my many hats.
[1:11]  You: hehe
[1:12]  Kiz Flanagan: Uh, dunno - it's at Burdigala 179, 141, 200
[1:12]  You: ok i am making a huge notecard here
[1:12]  Kiz Flanagan: Or, Three Mayenne Plaza floor nine ;)
[1:21]  Kiz Flanagan: Anything in SL!
[1:21]  Kiz Flanagan: ('cept fake gambling)
[1:22]  You: yep and escorting
[1:22]  Kiz Flanagan: Well, it's SL, and it's legal for real in most of the world.
[1:22]  You: yes aside in the usa
[1:22]  Kiz Flanagan: Er, decriminilized, at least.
[1:22]  Kiz Flanagan: Aye
[1:23]  Kiz Flanagan: Dunno why! Americans had a great economy built around brothels in the 1700's thru the 1920s.
[1:23]  You: so i wonder miss Aminom if you support ageplay and escorting?
[1:23]  You: oh sure but they are puritans at heart
[1:23]  Kiz Flanagan: heh
[1:23]  You: officially speaking
[1:24]  Kiz Flanagan: Do I support them?
[1:24]  You: no i was asking the box
[1:24]  You: Aminom
[1:24]  Kiz Flanagan: Ah
[1:24]  You: who sits inside of it
[1:24]  Kiz Flanagan: lmao
[1:24]  You: lol

[1:25]  Kiz Flanagan: Actually, the facts on that box are wrong - gambling is legal in many countries, including the countries of several SL gaming owners. It's much more conplex than "illegal/legal."
[1:25]  Aminom Marvin: oh wow I was afk
[1:25]  Aminom Marvin: you people are actually talking.
[1:25]  You: yes we do
[1:25]  Aminom Marvin: it is illegal in the US, which is what matters.
[1:25]  Aminom Marvin: that is where the servers are.
[1:25]  Kiz Flanagan: Not all SL servers are in the US, actually.
[1:26]  Aminom Marvin: Don't like it, make your own version of SL elsewhere
[1:26]  Kiz Flanagan: There are also server farms in the UK.
[1:26]  Christblade Beresford: Not is some parts of US otherwise Vegas would not exist
[1:26]  Kiz Flanagan: Where it is legal, thank god.
[1:26]  Kiz Flanagan: Correct - it is a states-issue, in that country.
[1:26]  Aminom Marvin: Kiz: it doesn't matter. There's no way to segregate it. Also, the _company_ resides in the US, which is what is important.
[1:26]  Aminom Marvin: Kiz are you from the US?
[1:26]  Kiz Flanagan: Actually, there is, and no - legally, it does not matter.
[1:26]  Kiz Flanagan: No sir, though I did recieve my law degree there. I am an Irish citizen.
[1:27]  Aminom Marvin: i don'[t give a shit about internet lawyers.
[1:27]  Aminom Marvin: you aren't American, fag off.
[1:27]  Kiz Flanagan: lmao
[1:27]  You: why so hostile?
[1:27]  Aminom Marvin: make your own SL
[1:27]  Aminom Marvin: Because casinos have destroyed the mainland.
[1:27]  Aminom Marvin: they have gamed every system they can
[1:28]  You: did you knew that most of the sl builders were originally from france?
( Aminom claims to be a HUGE SL Builder, yet didn't knew about "Yadni Monde"! )
[1:28]  Kiz Flanagan: LOL!
[1:28]  You: thats all very unreasonable
[1:28]  Kiz Flanagan: LL is chartered as an international company, actually.
[1:28]  Kiz Flanagan: Facts, anyone?
[1:29]  Aminom Marvin: then, when advertising the casinos were banned, "Kasinos" did everythign they could to skirt it. By pushing and pushing the limits, they brought this on themselves
[1:29]  You: and you have a mind of a 10 yr old box sitter
[1:29]  Aminom Marvin: I am not the one stupid enough to gamble, am I?
[1:29]  You: do you think sl is a game?
[1:29]  Kiz Flanagan: How do you know -anyone- here gambles?
[1:29]  Kiz Flanagan: lmfao
[1:29]  You: you just told kiz to make her own game
[1:29]  Aminom Marvin: Kiz do you gamble
[1:29]  Kiz Flanagan: Nope.
[1:29]  Aminom Marvin: yes SL is a game, and I am winning it.
[1:30]  Kiz Flanagan: But I support the freedom to do so.
[1:30]  Christblade Beresford: I don't actually gamble but I do believe in the freedom of expression
[1:30]  Kiz Flanagan: Unless you count stock exchanges, in which case, I'm a very good gambler.
[1:30]  Aminom Marvin: do you have kasino owner friends?
[1:30]  Kiz Flanagan: No, and no.
[1:30]  Aminom Marvin: freedom of expression by making rigged gambling machines designed to milk money from people?
[1:30]  You: i do have casino friends
[1:31]  Aminom Marvin: so for you it is a personal interest.
[1:31]  Kiz Flanagan: LOL
[1:31]  Aminom Marvin: Without then you wouldn't give half a shit.
[1:31]  Christblade Beresford: which I thought SL was all about... and gambling is a lot less worse than some of the sexual practices I've seen advertised
[1:31]  You: anyone who enters a casino knows the possibility of the end game
[1:31]  You: win lose situation
[1:31]  Aminom Marvin: Gala: that doesn't make it moral.
[1:31]  Kiz Flanagan: That's a logically-false argument, Ami. Straw man logic.
[1:31]  Aminom Marvin: Your logic is deniable sir
[1:32]  You: ok since you bring up morals
[1:32]  Aminom Marvin: your argument is demonstrably false
[1:32]  Aminom Marvin: your premises are unsound
[1:32]  You: let me ask you this, what do you think about AV sex?
[1:32]  Aminom Marvin: your fallacies are profound
[1:32]  adammac Beck: i should like to gamble miss
[1:32]  Aminom Marvin: I don't like it. I think it is fucking funny though.
[1:32]  Kiz Flanagan: I think you need to go to university and maybe take an actuall logic class, Marvin ;)
[1:32]  Kiz Flanagan: *actual
[1:32]  Christblade Beresford: between consenting adults of same breed it should be allowed
[1:33]  Christblade Beresford: I stress however ADULTS
[1:33]  Aminom Marvin: Kiz, you are a damned lawyer. You basically admit that you are a decietful bastard.
[1:33]  Aminom Marvin: "same breed"? Meaning no interracial sex?
[1:33]  Christblade Beresford: and SPECIES/BREEDS
[1:33]  Kiz Flanagan: LOL!
[1:33]  Kiz Flanagan: No, I said I have a law degree - that would normally be a very good point!
[1:33]  Christblade Beresford: not what I ment
[1:34]  Aminom Marvin: even now you are being a decietful bastard by denying your lawyering.
[1:34]  Kiz Flanagan: I currently in the international relations field, career wise.
[1:34]  Christblade Beresford: humans and humans animals and animals
[1:34]  Aminom Marvin: Nobody cares about your credentials on the internet. It's just e-cock measuring if you mention them, and makes you look rediculous
[1:35]  You: sorry not talking to much.. i am making notes here
[1:35]  Lovy5777 Allen: im doin a donation box 4 poor children in Africa, would u like to make a donation or buy something?
[1:35]  Aminom Marvin: lol
[1:35]  Aminom Marvin: and the scam artist arrives
[1:35]  Christblade Beresford: it strikes me that you only reason you are here amin is to look for an arguement without having all the facts at hand
[1:36]  Christblade Beresford: question is Bingo gambling?
[1:36]  Kiz Flanagan: Yes.
[1:36]  Christblade Beresford: and yet in the UK its been legal for decades
[1:36]  Kiz Flanagan: And in the US.
[1:36]  Christblade Beresford: is the lottery gambling?
[1:36]  Aminom Marvin: Christblade, I experience SL. I see what gambling has done to it. Those are the only facts I need.
[1:36]  Kiz Flanagan: Oh my yes.
[1:36]  Aminom Marvin: what are your facts?
[1:37]  Aminom Marvin: how do casinos make SL better?
[1:37]  Christblade Beresford: I experience SL I own SL land as a cinema
[1:37]  You: why do you worry what an adult does in a casino ?
[1:37]  Aminom Marvin: you are a self-promotional ass
[1:37]  Kiz Flanagan: To use your own logic, Ani, "if you don't like it, buy sims and don't rent to casinos."
[1:37]  Aminom Marvin: what do you post in your profile? Positions.
[1:37]  Aminom Marvin: Here's what I have going right now - *Chair, Public Relations, for Relay for Life in Second Life (SLRFL) *Chief Operating Officer, LOOT! Business Network *General Director of Sinn Fein Supporters in SL *Tour Director - Virtual Museum of Modern Art *CEO GMT+12 Consultancy (Group coming when I have room for it in my list!)
[1:37]  Christblade Beresford: I have worked alongside gambling games on a small scale Sploaders mostly
[1:37]  Aminom Marvin: just trying to show off the size of your e-cock.
[1:38]  Kiz Flanagan: lmfao
[1:38]  Kiz Flanagan: OK
[1:38]  Kiz Flanagan: I see you contribute to my E-cock. Thank you.
[1:38]  Kiz Flanagan: In the form of relay for life, that is.
[1:38]  Aminom Marvin: wrong I just called you out on the self-promitional nonsense
[1:38]  Aminom Marvin: e-penis minus three inches.
[1:38]  Kiz Flanagan: It's not self promotion, it's business.
[1:39]  Christblade Beresford: I have not suffered any ill effects from doing so
[1:39]  Aminom Marvin: Whatever you want to call it.
[1:40]  Aminom Marvin: your entire profile is a masturbation to yourself
[1:40]  Aminom Marvin: 'm T.E. Lawrence, minus the british citizenship. In the RL, I work in International Relations, here I work in AV to AV relations! :) Irish national from Dublin City, Co. Dublin. Probably living abroad when you read this. Women's Grand Lodge Of Belgium
[1:40]  Aminom Marvin: your RL stuff
[1:40]  Kiz Flanagan: Ok..
[1:40]  You: you must have missed out on sl 4th birthday box sitter, if you call yourself a builder, i would like for you to sit down with the OG builders of Sl
[1:40]  Christblade Beresford: I have seen casinos in SL and walked straight past them they have bear me no feelings whatsoever as I said I believe it should be an adults right to make the right decisions.... I deplore the Nanny Culture
[1:41]  Aminom Marvin: OG builders will be obsolete in a few months.
[1:41]  You: and why do you think so?
[1:41]  You: because of the constant changes?
[1:41]  Aminom Marvin: sculpts will replace virtually everything.
[1:42]  You: well thats not a given yet because its not possible with a low prim count to build a mansion
[1:42]  Aminom Marvin: Christblade I bet you are a fan of objectivism too.
[1:42]  Aminom Marvin: Gala: yes it is.
[1:42]  Kiz Flanagan: You don't think that "I am currently taking commissions for custom sculpts and builds." and "http://slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=39010 See my picks for links to my stores." are they same thing? "Builder level 5. Texturizer level 2. Scripter level 5. Sculptor level 99."
[1:42]  Kiz Flanagan: *are the
[1:43]  You: no it is not. a house with 85 sculptie prims wont get on a 512 sq land
[1:43]  Aminom Marvin: they are advertisements. I don't say anything about my credentials. The skills list is a joke
[1:43]  Kiz Flanagan: Everyone masturbates in their profiles, including you - don't be a hypocrite. It's necessary for business as you well know.
[1:43]  Aminom Marvin: but however as we know, lawyers cannot understand comedy
[1:43]  Kiz Flanagan: lmfao
[1:43]  Kiz Flanagan: true.
[1:43]  Christblade Beresford: .
[1:44]  Christblade Beresford: nope as I said I believe in a persons right to lead both their rl and sl life in an appropriate manner without being forced to live it by a nanny culture. Watch or preferablly read 1984 and then I may deem you more worthy to speak to
[1:44]  Aminom Marvin: I masturbate in public. I don't need to have a profile to do the talking.
[1:44]  Aminom Marvin: I've read it. What is your point?
[1:44]  Gala Alva rolls her eyes at the leet kid
[1:44]  Aminom Marvin: I am also a strong opponent of banlink and other such systems.
[1:44]  Aminom Marvin: what do you think of banlink?
[1:45]  Christblade Beresford: yeah right if you had REALLY read your either a fool or you realise the importance of fighting against BIG BROTHER
[1:45]  Aminom Marvin: Instead of whining about casinos getting shut down, why not rally against banlink, which is truly orwellian?
1:45]  Aminom Marvin: also it isn't "chic" to talk about 1984. Everyone has read it. You fail.
[1:45]  You: you could do the same instead of hiding in a silly box right?
[1:46]  Aminom Marvin: I am.
[1:46]  You: really? on a fomer casino land that is now for sale?
[1:46]  Aminom Marvin: yes. I came here randomly.
[1:46]  Christblade Beresford: oh sorry would be more "chic" If I spoke about V for vendatta?
[1:47]  Aminom Marvin: try the real "OG's" to use your terminology.
[1:48]  Aminom Marvin: Kiz may know them, but I am sure you don't know them gangstaz.
[1:48]  You: ok so you have read one book in your life... and your power point here is?
[1:49]  Aminom Marvin: you are using stupid references from popular media to try to make me look ignorant, but you make yourself look ignorant by not using original stuff.
[1:49]  Christblade Beresford: my power point is that ppl have a right to choose its called free will
[1:49]  Aminom Marvin: Locke, Rousseau, Aquinas. Heard of em?
[1:49]  Christblade Beresford: A God given right
[1:50]  Christblade Beresford: check Genesis oh sorry lost popularity points there didn't I?
[1:50]  Aminom Marvin: where does it say in the Bible that "thou shall double down"?
[1:50]  You: weren't we talking about casinos? you are now showing me your library card
[1:50]  Aminom Marvin: God given right lol
[1:50]  Christblade Beresford: in the bible it speaks against gambling hence why I DON'T gamble
[1:50]  Aminom Marvin: my argument was simply based on what they have done to SL
[1:50]  Aminom Marvin: [1:49] Christblade Beresford: A God given right
[1:51]  Aminom Marvin: [1:50] Christblade Beresford: in the bible it speaks against gambling hence why I DON'T gamble
[1:51]  Aminom Marvin: [1:50] You: [1:49] Christblade Beresford: A God given right
[1:51]  Aminom Marvin: [1:51] You: [1:50] Christblade Beresford: in the bible it speaks against gambling hence why I DON'T gamble
[1:51]  Aminom Marvin: I needed to quote myself to post the CONTRADITION
[1:51]  You: you are confusing me for christblade
[1:51]  You: its spelled " contradiction"
[1:51]  Aminom Marvin: pointing out typos now?
[1:51]  Christblade Beresford: but I do believe ppl have the right to express their free will in as far as comman decency allows
[1:52]  Aminom Marvin: you must truly be at a loss to make a point.
[1:52]  Aminom Marvin: how is milking money from people "commonly decent"?
[1:53]  Christblade Beresford: and a sl casino crosses the boundaries of common decency as much as the lottery or a bingo hall
[1:53]  Aminom Marvin: so you reduce yourself to a relativist to make a point
[1:53]  You: this is a private sim which has been paid for, therefore the owner can do as she/ he pleases
1:53]  Christblade Beresford: make you own choices ppl.... Don't be forced to do otherwise........... Sadly I g2g rl calls
[1:53]  Aminom Marvin: if you buy server space of a US company, you can't host gambling stuff or child porn etc
[1:55]  You: who said we support child porn?
[1:55]  Aminom Marvin: I'm gone. You both are massive fail.
[1:55]  Aminom Marvin: ta-ta
[2:01]  Kiz Flanagan: Oh, last bit of news:
[2:01]  You: sure
[2:01]  Kiz Flanagan: After trading on the WSE was suspended following the gambling ban, WSE has now reopened trading.
[2:02]  Kiz Flanagan: The announcement is on the research area of their webby
[2:02]  You: Oh really
[2:02]  Kiz Flanagan: TC! :)
[2:02]  Kiz Flanagan nods
[2:02]  You: hah
[2:02]  You: thanks for the info Kiz !
[2:02]  Kiz Flanagan: np!

the end,

gala~

as some of you may have read on the LL blog from two days ago - Casinos, Gambling, Sploder, Lucky Chair - all of the things rewarding you with money by " luck " are no more in SL!

and if you still do it, or get caught or someone tells on you - your ass is going to be in major trouble, dealing with your state laws, taxes, and ban from SL.

i thought at first its another LL scare, just like the age verfication they'd announced a few month back, through some 3rd party age verifier.

but no, this time LL was serious, as in what they call " wagering ".

i was a avid gambler'ette, more sporadic in these past few month, but at one time i was pretty much addicted to these " easy money machines ", lost hundreds of rl dollars and gained little but some back.

one of my last big gambling wins was a nice chunk which allowed me to buy the land i have in Vodou ( next to the Crackden )

but as of lately, i made it a habbit to gamble small but efficient to make some money to pay my land tier fees. and it sure helped. a couple hundred L's here and there paid for tierfees or bought me land and clothing.

i gambled last night, i won good but lost again. i thought, fuckit this is all goingto end soon " maybe ". but the maybe was a definetly as of today! when i logged into sl and checked on most popular places - most if not all BIG casinos went boum. all of them closed down! from ace, to goldrush ( my favorite ), to 12 monkeys, 777 gambling - these places are all gone.

i flew to the landmarks at the popular 20's, only to find myself in between bushes and terraformed empty grasland.

wow........i mean i was really really shocked to see everything gone gone gone. i went to about 20 some places, with traffic, that most places can only dream off and its now nothing but an empty spot.

some of the ads, that were in the most pop picks, were almost sad. a guy holding his daughter, saying " he will find another way on how to feed his daughter". that made me really sad to see this.

some of the casino ne' sayers may say ' well get a dam rl job like we all do '. but get real people. these casino owners worked just as hard if not more then any of us holding a rl job. because once we close the door and get into our cars or bus or tram, we are going home, and enjoy our time in sl. while these guys probably been at work for more then 12 hours already. yes, we all know casino's make money of the addicts, the notorious gamblers. but we all also knew what we were getting into, upon entering a casino. its a 50/50 chance - you win - you lose. name of the game.

now the casino's pulled their plugs big time and left in hordes. i can not imagine how much these guys paid in private sims, in advertizements, in dealing with retarded customers.

i thought this must feel like the " black friday" back in the days, when the stockmarket broke down - some people lost their rl income and now sitting on land that will be hard to even sell. regardless what the traffic is/ was - thats a gone bye by no more.

the economy as it is right now in sl is a inflation. due to the fact, that resell business's sell shit to every joe and shmoe, for low prices or even free. people are stealing textures and skin textures from big designers to make a ' freebie or resell item' for the next one. people don't care about the designers work anymore. it's a dam hustle for pennies on SL right now.

land doesn't sell as it used too, because some sim owners, make 12 some plots in their ancient sims, sell these plots for free and get their tierfee plus some extra $L from their residents. the fear, why most people don't buy from private sims anymore is because the sim owner can pull the plug at any given time and you will lose your investment of rl $.

yet the casino guys and their customers, this is a biggie LL. in the end i am sure LL will bite their dam knuckles, because they are losing millions of rl $, due to the business's moving out of sl.

i guess, its not as ' live your 2nd life, do what you want, be what you always wanted to be " anymore, because LL is probably getting hammered with lawsuits from left to right, first because of ageplay ( hence the scream for age verifications ), second, gambling is illegal in the usa, and as it was said the fbi has their hands in " game " to find violaters.

sl, this is not good, not good at all...i would really like to see the $L statistics from 2 days ago and compare those to a month ahead. malls will shut down, due to no gambling traffic, small and big business's are affected.

i am affected, and you are maybe too.

what's next LL? escorts? those are the ones i thought would have to go first out of sl.

and imho, should be the first getting out of sl. there are many online websites where you can sit your fat ass on a live webcam and charge some deprived fool some money to see you shaking your titties. yet it is easier in sl, you don't need your own website, no you just place an ad and tell them " i have skype and a webcam " and voila, business is going. and it seems its going well for most of them.

i am almost thinking homeland security has entered SL, we are now all being watched on what we do, and if we do wrong - report us to the big brother.

someone has mentioned in the comments about the pertaining LL blog, that people will make underground casinos, something like selling moonshine in coffecups?

but how is that suppose to work. the casino owner and the gambler are not friends. they are actually enemies. to see if you can beat the casino owners machine. where is the gambling thrill when you know you can only win limited money at some underground establishment. yes, its not the same.

and who knows, there may be snitches or a disgruntled " underground member " who blackmails the underground casino owner for more money or else.

it is a no win situation and to be honest - you LL just shuffled your own dam grave!

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gala!