The Liberty Papers

FBI checks gambling in Second Life virtual world

FBI investigators have visited Second Life’s Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world’s creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling. Existing sites like the Bandar Togel Singapore are unaffected and continue to serve the gambling community in a manner that more than satisfies the legal requirements. After all, all across the world virtual gambling is a very common pastime, as well as source of income for certain people that can find themselves to be better than average at playing online casino games using websites similar to https://casino-korea.com/ as just one example.

“We have invited the FBI several times to take a look around in Second Life and raise any concerns they would like, and we know of at least one instance that federal agents did look around in a virtual casino,” said Ginsu Yoon, until recently Linden Lab’s general counsel and currently vice president for business affairs.

Second Life is a popular online virtual world with millions of registered users and its own economy and currency, known as the Linden dollar, which can be exchanged for U.S. dollars.

Yoon said the company was seeking guidance on virtual gaming activity in Second Life but had not yet received clear rules from U.S. authorities.

Does our government understand that they can’t win? They shut down the “respectable” online money transfer sites, and yet people can still readily gamble in online casinos at the non-respectable sites. In fact, they’re harmed by the higher fees of transferring money in “illegal” ways, and the constant fear that their money will be stolen and they’ll have no recourse to ask the authorities to get it back for them. Then, when they find a way to do such a thing below the noses of the nanny-state bureaucrats, in a completely virtual world where the FBI should hold no jurisdiction, the FBI still comes snooping. Ignore the fact that the FBI doesn’t have jurisdiction over players in other countries, and those countries, like Sweden, have their own laws on online gambling and their own regulation in regards to gambling tax, whether they are online or not.

I would offer a bit of caution to the folks from Linden Labs, though… You think you’re playing it smart, by being helpful to the FBI. But you’re making a deal with the devil. They’d shut your site down in minute if they wanted to, and bring your asses up on charges. You might want to ask them about John Lefevbre and Stephen Lawrence.