Games are serious business

With real money on the line, hacking and cheating in games is serious business.

there are real, functioning economies in virtual worlds and online games, and that players cash in their virtual goods for real money, to the tune of more than $1 billion a year. - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10226485-235.html

Gold farming in China is almost an industry now - http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article648072.ece