Want to buy your own mobile casino? Try Ebay

Just about everything is available for auction on E-bay these days. So why not gambling sites?
Well, that’s just what is about to be offered.
Mobile multiplayer poker platform and a mobile multiplayer chess game known as ChessEverywhere are about to be auctioned on the famous internets site E-Bay.
The successful bidder will receive all the source code materials to the cell phone clients as well as Java server. Additionally, he/ she will be given all the domain names and ASP.Net Web sited supporting the wireless delivery of the product.
The mobile poker platform known as Maui Texas Hold'em includes the game Texas Hold'em poker, that is able to be played with a maximum of 8 players, all through the cell phone. This particular game has also been advertised as supporting single play for off-network use.
Those selling the product claim it is usable on a range of cell phones. Their research includes over 50 different phones. These tests incorporated the Nokia series 40 and series 60, Sprint PCS Vision as well as Sony.
The base platform of these games supports chess in both multiplayer formats, where the game can be played amongst several participants, and standalone, where a single player can play against the network.
Additionally, with a single telnet-based interface connection, the game can be easily transferred from a mobile to a desktop.
Since the server-side multiplayer platform is created from Java 5, it is able to connect to the MySQL database. Consequently, this auction will include many thousands of lines of Java code. These will vary from server-side and client-side Java to jave 2 Micro edition code as well as the documentation of hundreds of pages of Javadocs. Additionally, with the sale will be included an Ant Build System. This type of system allows for the support and creation of automated clients.
The auction will also include a .Net-based platform. This allows for the wireless delivery of the client's software to handsets. This technology is also known as 'over-the-air –OTA delivery. To implement the platform a C# code-behind is used and connected to a MySQL database.

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