Humans love a gamble. Everything from horses to football games, F1 racing (yes SingaporePools, I’m looking at you) is worth a wager. Now add video games to that list.
A company in America will now allow you to bet on matches you have online. Once you register at the WorldGaming's website, it will hook you up with other gamers/gamblers who want to challenge you at games like "Halo 3," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" and about a dozen other games. After you put your credit money in, you go to your console and play; WorldGaming will track the competition and pay off the winner.
The geniuses behind this venture are Billy Levy and Zack Zeldin. Former roommates, they used to play "Madden NFL" for $100 a game. Now these guys are betting that there are plenty of other gamers who like them, want to "make things interesting". The budding entrepreneurs hope to make money from ads and fees for hosting online tournaments. Here’s one gamer who hope this venture blow up in their face!
What happen to playing for the joy of the game? Video games are for fun right? Since when did gambling come into the picture? Isn’t it bad enough that we have all these 8-10 year old annoying kids online, now we have to deal with annoying, don’t know how to lose gamblers as well.
I hope the business fail, and fail so badly no other ‘genius’ out there would even dream of this venture again.
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