Chess.com Has a Bitcoin Sister Platform Called Gambit.com
Gambit.com is the name of an up and coming Bitcoin gaming website created by Jay Severson, one of the internet entrepreneurs who took Chess.com from a small business webpage to one of the most frequented online gaming websites (bigger than Zynga) in the world. Users that go to Gambit.com are able to play familiar games against each other in classic PvP internet arcade style; however, there is one featured twist that spices things up quite a bit: real-time betting. Users can choose to wager Bits, Bitcoin bits, or Points, virtual points that are nonredeemable for Bitcoin. Half of the site's....
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Back in October, CCN reported on the online gaming platform called Gambit, which allows users to bet on versions of Risk, Monopoly, and Battleship with Bitcoin. (Their versions are respectively called World War, Bitnopoly, and Oh Ship! - and there are other games on the platform as well.) Players deposit Bitcoin using an in-house system and then can place bets on the games they're playing. Bets go into a pot, and the winner takes all minus a house fee. Though for the past few weeks, the site has been taking no rake whatsoever, apparently in a bid to stimulate user sign-ups. CCN was....
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