Letter of one of our loyal readers ;

This letter states the opinion of one of our loyal readers

How the new policy effects you

New & Existing Residents:

CAMPING - 98% of all camping was funded & brought to us by casino's running
slot machines.. New residents as well as existing residents camp to pay
tiers on their homes, buy clothes, furniture & other objects.. Slot machines
were first introduced to Second Life by Philip Linden.. NOW BANNED

SPLODERS, RAFFLE BALLS & GAMES OF CHANCE AT CLUBS - every club in Second
Life has or had sploders, raffle balls & games of chance allowing anyone to
enter for a small fee & trying their luck at winning a piece of the pot...
though not specifically listed they all fall under the broad description of
the new policy.. NOW BANNED

KENO, SLINGO, TRINGO, ZYNGO etc. - all lotteries relying on a random number
generation to pick a winner.. all a major source of many residents income in
SL. These games were something everyone could do & many paid their tiers off
the prizes & profits... though not all specifically listed they all fall
under the broad description of the new policy.. NOW BANNED

EMPLOYMENT - Casino's & Poker Houses employed thousands of residents in
Second Life.. Dealers, Hosts, Security, Scriptors, Builders, etc..
Legitimate employment, a job you could be proud of & didnt have to hide from
your Real Life family.. a job that didnt force you to sell your avatar for
anothers pleasure or be nude/nearly nude to work at.. a job where people
respected you & didnt treat you like a piece of meat only there for their
pleasure. These employees purchased millions of items, houses, clothes etc
in second life.. NO INCOME .. NO PURCHASING..

LIVE MUSIC - think the new policy & lack of lindens flowing in SL from
gambling, casino's, poker houses, wont effect it.. think again.. each live
artist charges an average of 3,000L or more per hour they play at a venue,
most listeners dont tip the venues or tip very little.. they give it to the
artist.. the average venue doesnt even recoup 1/3 the cost of the artist
back in tips/donations.... most places live artists play are in some way
supported by some form of gambling, sploders, raffle balls, games of chance
& those gamblers, owners & employees of casino's & poker houses.. the
lindens are no longer flowing, the casino's & clubs are closing or reducing
thier overhead.. fewer places for live artists to play & even fewer that can
afford to bring them to thier venues. .

All this because of the law in some states of the US not all i might add.
The reason for this law has nothing to so with tight assed christian
faux-moralists. It is simply that the gambling industry in Las Vegas and
Atlantic City went to the US Congress, to whom they are a major comapign
contributor, and asked for the law because they felt online gambling might
cut into their revenue. Simple as that.

Please sign this petition http://www.thekonstrukt.com click on the picture
for gambling and any others you may come across, if we stick at it and dont
spend any lindens it will hit LL hard they may have to weight up this
against cost of moving servers offshore from the police state supposed to be
land of the free USA.

by Phredre Biziou and Anthonymark Alcott