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November 27, 2007 What if you could be paid to kill? Ok, not in real life but in the virtual world? If you said that you would be interested, hopefully in the second half of that question, then there may be a place for you where the online gambling and online gaming worlds collide.
Videogamers are being paid to virtually kill people. There are a series of over 18 servers that have launched that will pay you for every �kill� you make � with some deaths worth more than others. The idea is that you are participating in video gaming, but you are also participating in online gambling because it is the online equivalent to playing poker.
As it is considered online gambling, all of the sites are located in the UK where they don�t have to worry about the UIGEA that was passed in the US. The online gambling/gaming idea is not without its problems, as the developers are finding. There are those that would cheat in the online realm, and those that will fall prey to it.
Some online gambling/gamers have already left as they say that others are installing third party programs that are taking money from other gamblers. The amount of time that it takes for the companies to discover these people would be enough time for them to take thousands of dollars from unsuspecting players.
Some companies, such as Kwari have created their own online gambling/gaming site where the game makes it much more difficult for that to happen. They don�t want professional poker players, they want the more casual player to join them. They set up the games so that it is almost impossible for elite teams to have any sort of advantage over the single player, and makes them random. However, this will all be a moot point if online gambling goes legal � for it will change the face of online gambling and gaming if it does. |
