todaysAI

I am developing an online game. The entry would be as little as $10US but the winner's take could be significant depending on the number of people that play.

Now I am a very ethical person, and everything will be above board, but I want to host it in a country which has very few regulations on these types of games, which most countries consider as gambling. This will add a nightmare amount of hurdles in order to get the game funded and launched.

So are there countries that will host these types of games without the myriad of regulations? Or are online games governed by the regulations of the country each particular player is in? That would be the death-kneel of it.

You would think that tiny countries like Vanuatu, or tax-haven territories such as the Isle of Man for example, would have far less regulations and be far more open and therefore much easier to setup operations there.

I'm a well-educated man yet I find it very difficult to process the information that is coming at me. The number of issues that hit me every day just makes me want to hide in a foxhole until it's all over like some soldier. Yet I know it will not be over. In fact, I know it will be progressively worse.

I'm educated and aware and I can't cope. How can anyone cope?

Talked to a CTO of a small bank. He has 4 disparate legacy databases which need to be updated when a mortgage rate changes, which is obviously a problem.

What solutions does the HN community have in dealing with this issue?