Gambit.com

Anyone try it yet?  Looks pretty shady to me.  Based in Costa Rica it allows people to bet on generic rip-offs of classic board games.  Like "Bitopoly" instead of Monopoly, and "Risc" instead of the classic Risk.  But it uses Bitcoins, yeah, the same stuff you could use to buy drugs on the Silk Road.  After the recent failure of Mr. Gox and the countless bitcoin based scams that have happened, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to get involved with a new bitcoin based site.  My common sense says I shouldn't, and my gut tells me I shouldn't.

Well it seems like it's an official partner.

So I would trust it in that respect. I'm not sure how much faith I have in Bitcoin right now though.

It looks like someones Computer Science 101 project.  Considering the long list of bitcoin sites that have been hacked, it's questionable gambit.com is secure enough to stay viable.  Once these sites get a tiny bit of success they are compromised.  Then there's the obvious problem of people cheating at their "classic" board games.

Looks like a scam site.

Does it have Scabble?  I didn't see that on the site. 

Wagers seem to start around 100 to 10,000 per 'point' during a game so I think the free 250 isn't going to last long for all but a tiny portion of those who visit.

sftac

ps.  I didn't think Facebook was keen on money gambling sites.