MOBILE WAGERING? TRY SWAMBLE!

17 August 2007

A new fad that is creating waves of interest in the blog and mobile niches

The title says it all - Swamble, or a fun mix of swopping and gambling that is causing a growing wave of interest with early adapters on the blog and mobile scene.

Pulling it all together on sites like Swamble.com and its associated blog, are Gerard and Scott at Swamble Inc., a Las Vegas firm formed this year. And if the location concerns you, relax - no cash changes hands on the beta Swamble platform, where participants can bet against each other on just about anything, and as long as no finance is involved the instruments or material of settlement is decided between the bettors.

Young and tech savvy users are taking to the concept bigtime, judging by the blog activity which also runs prize-only sweepstakes and undertakes polls to keep the vibe going. Since mobile gambling is a legally sensitive area in the USA thanks to the UIGEA the site only allows gambling with non-monetary items, such as having to write a blog and link to the winner of the bet.

These kinds of non-cash wagers won’t lead to a lot of success for the company, but the founders say that they will soon add a private wagering feature which could.

The buzzy site Tech Crunch has discovered the platform, too. Swamble has been selected as one of the TechCrunch20 finalists for the TechCrunch20 Conference this coming September. Approximately 700 applicants from 26 different countries were submitted and about 100 TechCrunch20 finalists, including Swamble were chosen to move on to the final round of competition which will include a demo presentation along with an interview.

Swamble's site is geared for mobile use, with slick and fast navigation that allows the user to quickly create a title, a wager and then add tags. Other users then jump in and accept, usually leaving some fun trash-talk and taunts.

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