Real Life Cash Card Launched To Access Your Virtual Money

Izeickl writes "The BBC is reporting that "A real world cash card that allows gamers to spend money earned in a virtual universe has been launched. Gamers can use the card at cash machines around the world to convert virtual dollars into real currency. The card is offered by the developers of Project Entropia, an online role-playing game that has a real world cash economy.""

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[TripMaster Monkey]

From TFA (emphasis mine):

Last year $165m passed through the game and the founders of the online Universe expect that to at least double in 2006.
The new cash card blurs the boundary between the virtual and physical world even further.
It allows people to access their virtually acquired PEDs and convert them into real world money at any cash machine in the world.
"We are creating the next level of the online experience," said Mr Welter.

Well, prepare yourself for the next level after that...taxation of virtual currency [slashdot.org].

Here's an excerpt of the first comment [slashdot.org] on the above referenced story (again, emphasis mine):

In the U.S., the Internal Revenue Service will eventually take notice of the phenomena when someone who makes lots of real-world money by selling virtual goods gets audited by an ambitous Revenue Agent. Until then, unless you're actually converting virtual goods into real greenbacks, there's not much to say on the subject.

That sure was quick.

Of course, if this comes to pass, it should also work both ways...e.g. I can write off my Second Life costs as 'business expenses'. IANACPA, but I'm sure other, more fiscally talented individuals could take this idea and run with it.

For Project entropia Item duplication

[Anonymous Coward]

For Project entropia Item duplication :
Project-entropia is a very glitchy game, there are many ways to Glitch in this game, simply editing the registry.
1. go to start, run and type in regedit
2. press ctrl+f and find somthing called pema.reg
3. Open and log on into Project-Entropia.
4. get any item and go to a trade terminal and put it in like you are going to sell it.
5.Minimize project-entropia and and edit pema.reg and change the Vaule code to 82.617.
6. close Project entropia and log on again. there should be two copys of the item in your Inventory. Good luck and have a good time getting rich :)