Gambling News by House of Odds

Five no-frills casino games for $8 is a raw deal considering you can play all of these games free at many Web sites.Vegas Stakes Review [Wii] (GameSpot)

Linden Lab's opinionated chief technology officer Cory Onrejka is leaving the company over differences with company founder Philip Rosedale.Second Life CTO Leaves Company (DesignTechnica)

ACCORDING TO Probability's CEO, Charles Cohen, the solution to putting gambling games onto the Iphone is to take the client/server approach. There's very little onboard processing involved.Iphone Blackjack requires little on-device processing (The Inquirer)

Two climate change conferences are taking place this week: the United Nations forum in Bali, Indonesia and a second meeting gathering animated creatures on an island in cyberspace.Virtual world to host parallel climate conference (AFP via Yahoo! News)

PROVIDENCE A raw wound that slashes through two families who live a block apart in the Greystone section of North Providence was on ugly display in Superior Court yesterday.Man sentenced to 4 years in 2006 knife fight (The Providence Journal)