The Nevada Gaming Commission has given Inspired Gaming the green light to situate their virtual sports machines in Nevada sportsbooks after passing a technical test last week.

Do you wanna hear how I lost £500 betting on a virtual football game?

I was working on the railway at the time as a shift supervisor. It was Saturday night; the quietest night of the week so I brought my PlayStation, FIFA99 and five movies from Blockbusters.

It must have been 2 or 3 in the morning when I decided to create a FIFA tournament where I would choose to play one team and let the computer play against itself for the other games. It sounds like madness, but I was enjoying it until a train driver returned from duty to disrupt things.