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Virtual Property Investor Recoups Investment

Posted by samzenpus on from the exciting-new-investment-opportunity dept.

afaik_ianal writes "Remember that guy who bought a virtual island in "Project Entropia" for £13,700? Well BBC is reporting that that he has managed to make his money back in under a year. According to the article, 'He made money by selling land to build virtual homes as well as taxing other gamers to hunt or mine on the island.'"

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  1. A link from the Past by Hack+Jandy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ironic: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=132758&c id=11084873 HJ

  2. haha! by stagl · · Score: 1, Redundant

    everyone thinks they know everything, as long as they are behind a computer. i just scanned the old article and ran across this!

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