I'm still waiting to hear from Hiro on how far he's got with the dynamic block reward. The wallet UI is half finished also.

I'm holding off on the whitepaper until the dynamic block reward is implemented as it's a key feature I'd like to go over in detail in the whitepaper.

looks like small is back.... to his old ways that is. absolutely ignoring everyone on the forums and providing no updates.

We've not put any thought into this as Hiro has pretty strong viewpoints on avoiding the gambling route.... It may be a way to quickly boost usage of the coin, but it's not the most ethical of paths. That may not be his exact opinion, but it is mine. Not stopping anyone making one of course, but we're not planning on any ourselves.