The bet on Chromatics is not the only big gamble fund holders have made.
Mr Bezos's gamble, funded with more than $100,000 in personal and family money, quickly paid off.
American-based online-payments services, such as PayPal, have already refused to handle gambling funds, and online gamblers in Louisiana face fines or prison.
In May Douglas Rennick, a Canadian, was arrested on similar charges; he pleaded guilty to the illegal transfer of gambling funds and awaits sentence.All this reflects a profound and multilayered American scepticism of online gambling.
An economy that was once reliant on British military spending has managed, according to Gibraltar officials, to combine an offshore tax system with a trustworthy British legal system to attract investors and become a hub for online gambling, fund management and other financial and legal services.
Further, because large banks have access to the Federal Reserve's discount windows, it is particularly unacceptable that they should be allowed to gamble with funds borrowed from the U.S. Treasury (and taxpayers).
He said deferring bonuses and other payments until the full extent of the risk and outcome was known would reduce the incentive to gamble with funds.
Wu took a gamble: By funding the game internally and forgoing upfront cash from EA, Pseudo will reap higher per-game royalties than the standard $2 to $6.
That risk is too great to gamble the fund, says Jane Hamsher, whose blog Firedoglake.com has been closely covering the commission deliberations.
Coke, booze and gambling, all funded by pay-offs from local criminals, have culminated in seven years in prison for mutilating the district attorney.
Bowden-Jones, who previously specialised in alcohol and drug addiction, founded the NHS's first and only specialist gambling clinic, funded by the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, in 2008.
