Gambling in Second Life

So looks like Linden Lab invited the FBI to check out their online virtual world activities on Second Life (according to Reuters). Specifically the FBI are interested in their virtual casinos. Since Linden Dollars do convert to real dollars (although the conversion rate kinda suck), it’s no different than regular gambling.

The thing is, I’ve been on SL and where did I end up? At the casinos of course. I’m not a gambler in real life, but I became one in virtual life. I never went as far as to purchase more Linden Dollars just so I can gamble, but I did do what most people do when they end up at the casinos, they sit in the chair so they can make $5/10 minutes and sometimes $1/10 minutes. That’s Linden Dollar, so you’re not even making a penny in real life. It’s pretty sad. I did that for about a week and I had to just quit SL altogether. It was hard for me to find anything to do there. Most people are into building things and designing clothes, or buying and selling “real estate” or make “fake estate”. I didn’t get that far, I tried making one shirt and well, it looked pretty funky.

If I were to return to that world, I’d probably end up a gambler in the casinos all day. You’ll have to try it for yourself. You may find other interesting things there that I didn’t know about.

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