I would think that playing with real money online would have more complicated legal issues, since you're not just a game, you're effectively an online casino.<p>For instance, you wouldn't be able to market your game in the states, since it's illegal to have transactions with online gambling services.
I think the author of this article forgot that online gambling is illegal. Or at least, it's illegal for (US) banks to process money coming from gambling websites.
Gambling used to be a big business in Second Life (the virtual world), until Linden Lab banned it outright.<p><a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Policy_Regarding_Wagering_in_Second_Life" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Policy_R...</a>
> This new category called Social Gambling Games (“SGG”) will disrupt both the gaming industry<p>> Betable is working on developing a platform for legally integrating real-money play into Social Gambling Games<p>Nice blogspam.