[Karty] ciekawostka: pays players real cash via ATM cards

[Marek Firkowicz]

      Virtual game pays players real cash via ATM cards

      http://www.atmmarketplace.com/news_story_25769.htm

      * 05 May 2006

      Ottawa Citizen: Is your current job not doing enough to pay the bills?
How does mining on an asteroid sound? Or hunting beasts on another planet?
Those are just some of the potentially money-making opportunities offered in
Entropia Universe, a popular online science-fiction game that lets its
players dive into ventures with the possibility of filling their bank
accounts with real money. ATM cards will allow players to withdraw real cash
made from deals in virtual reality. Introduction of the cards was announced
earlier this week by the Sweden-based company that runs the game. The
company estimated the game, which has about 250,000 players, saw a turnover
of U.S. $165 million in 2005 alone - money that could now be handed out at
an ATM.

      Copyright 2005 NetWorld Alliance LLC. All rights reserved.
      Read more at
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a353ae35-e331-4a9d-8018-8d38a7ec85e6




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