FBI Investigates Second Life Casinos
So what does an undercover FBI avatar look like anyway? That’s a question that the virtual residents of Linden Lab’s popular “Second Life” might need to start asking themselves, in the wake of a Reuters report that FBI agents visited both Linden Lab and one of the virtual casinos currently located in Second Life. The visits were made at the invitation of Linden Lab.
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- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
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