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Click on the button below to subscribe and wait for a new Facebook message from the TC Messenger news bot. After the recent ban on gamblingSecond Life residents have had reduced opportunities on where spend their hard earned or bought Lindens the Second Life in-world currency. The world of share trading, regarded by some to be actually worse than gambling, has started to make its presence felt in Second Life.

I went undercover see picture to see if good money could be made.

The World Stock Exchange WSE sits on its own Second Life island in a shiny multi-story edifice that just says money. The trading floor on the third floor presents an initial lobby that includes an ATM machine players must deposit money to trade stocksrule boards and advertising for a bank that offers Walking through the lobby players are presented with a lounge area and customer service desks.

rbs forex traders is usually a WSE representative on hand to assist with inquiries.

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The trading floor itself is a misnomer as players are unable to trade via the Second Life interface. Company listing boards and IPO information all lead through to the 2nd life stock market website.

A video viewing area is surrounded by price quote boards, although the space sorely lacks a traditional style transaction ticker. The WSE website is simple enough. The trading room page allows players to buy futures day trader malcolm robinson sell shares, with Limit Ordering also available.

General information is provided about companies, as well as stock price history and recent trades. There is only one way to find out. After perusing the 30 odd online earn money by sending sms companies I made a number of investments which I may revisit at TechCrunch in the future to report on how they went.

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For my opening portfolio I bought companies that sounded like they had substance. Hype String HYP may barrons stock market make string, but hype always rises, right?

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