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S p o r t s. . .
Gambling on Sports
by Robert Kelley as Ethan Fegte
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The popularity of Second Life is increasing daily. It seems almost anything you could want in real life is available on Second Life.
For instance, you can go to clubs, watch the news, or talk to people. For the average person, that’s why they log onto Second Life to have a good time and escape the reality of their real world lives.
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Users purchase Second Life’s currency, Linden dollars, by using a real-life debit or credit card. L$100 can be purchased for about US$4.
By using just a few real dollars, you can easily get a lot of Linden dollars to spend on various items, such as clothes. It would appear that it’s all fun and games for the vast majority of users.
However, Second Life also features some of the dangers that bestow everybody in their daily real lives. Take gambling for instance. It’s very powerful, and addictive in the real world, and can become that as well in Second Life.
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When searching for “sports” in Second Life, you are able to locate hundreds of different groups related to that word. Over half are gambling groups.
Donovan Choche is a gambler on Second Life, yet not one in real life.
“Gambling is a lot of fun on Second Life. In real life, it’s a problem for a lot of people, and I tried gambling in real life a few times, but I never got a thrill out of it,” Choche says.
“You have to travel to different places to gamble in real life, whereas in Second Life you have everything you need at your fingertips.” Choche continued “Whether it’s March Madness, NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA, it’s all right there for you and it’s completely legal on Second Life. There are no problems like in real life, how it’s illegal in 49 states to bet on sporting events, here it’s all right there on your computer screen.”
There is millions of Linden money floating around various betting groups on Second Life. A problem in reality can also be a problem on Second Life, the place where you go to get away from real life problems.
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