Online gambling is illegal, right? Not quite; the poker is still going on PurePlay

Online gambling is illegal, right? Not quite; the poker is still going on PurePlay

It’s pretty rare that venture capitalists will bet on a company that shows a hint of impropriety. Yet happens occasionally, for companies that don’t push the envelope too far.

In March, for instance, soft-porn site Zivity got $7 million from two prominent firms. The latest is PurePlay, a poker and proto-gambling site that today announces $15 million in funding from Bay Partners and prominent investors including Ron Conway, Peter Thiel and Owen Van Natta.

PurePlay doesn’t do… Continue Reading