Tag: SatoshiDice
SatoshiDice acquired in Bitcoin deal
July 23, 2013
From iGaming Business – Gambling website SatoshiDice has been acquired by an undisclosed buyer for $11.5m (€8.9m) in a deal paid for using virtual currency Bitcoin. According to pulse2.com, the deal is reported to be worth 126,315 Bitcoins. The website offers a blockchain-based betting game where wagers can be placed without access to the website or running client software. Users send Bitcoins to the website and it picks a number before the Ghost Of Satoshi then rolls a number and people that selected a number lower than the one on the dice win. Around 3.9m of the 5.3m bets placed…