“We invited the FBI several times to take a look in Second Life and to have the chance to ask any doubt they had, and we know that at least in one occasion federal agents visited the virtual casino”, said Ginsu Yoon, who was the general advisor of Liden Lab until recently when we was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Affairs.

Second Life has hundreds of casinos where people can enjoy playing poker, slot machines and also blackjack. It is hard to estimate the amount of money produced with these online bets.

The bets in Second Life started at the same time that the extreme measures taken by the American government came into force, and that has led to the arrest of many executives from gambling sites in the Internet that were out of the country.

Brent Britton, a lawyer who specializes in technology, said that Linden Lab could face a criminal accusation according to the law of illegal gaming from 1970 or even the law of execution of illegal games in Internet from last year, and that is directed to credit card and other electronic transference companies which allow online betting.