Quote:Original post by d000hg
So the long and short of it is, this isn't an area for a small team? It sounds like getting an MMO to production is less difficult :)

The production itself would probably be fairly simple. It's the legalities that seriously complicate the matter. If you do decide to go forward, you will need a legal team, you will need to abide by your jurisdiction's gambling laws and pay any and all requisite fees, you will likely be required to block certain regions from having access to your site, and you will have to include significant legal fees into your anticipated budget when you approach investors.

As Mona says, The development would be easy... its the legal issues that would be complex and they would continue for the life time of your business. Constant legal scrutiny and repeated auditing to ensure your business remained within the law.