From Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last weekend, when the U.S. Congress passed a bill making it illegal for banks and credit-card companies to make payments to Internet gambling sites, a legion of online gamblers were sent scrambling to find new ways to place their bets.
(full story here: Gamblers adapt to loss of U.S. online sites )
Does this new legislation have any affect on gambling in Second Life? I realize that LL is not a credit card company AND they are not necessarily paying any gambling companies but the law works in mysterious ways...
Zed
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Zed Drebin
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10-04-2006 05:47
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Torley Linden
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10-04-2006 11:15
Zed, great question, and recently answered by Ginsu:
/139/e8/140841/1.html Also now in our Knowledge Base for easy access: http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=291 _____________________
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