In 2003, Second Life had US$->L$ purchases, user->user L$ exchanges, no path to covert back, and many users playing Texas Hold 'em and other games of chance usi

In 2003, Second Life had US$->L$ purchases, user->user L$ exchanges, no path to covert back, and many users playing Texas Hold 'em and other games of chance using L$. We even had a day in early 2004 where some unnamed wealthy individuals had a high stakes game of Texas Hold 'em which moved enough L$ around to distort our statistics.