by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Dec 16, 2006

Through internet and its legalization. Government legalizes gambling to earn more and more revenue. Gambling cost a lot to the society as a whole. It has much adverse effect on the family of the gambler and its social cost. People waste their time in gambling instead of investing it in other creative activities. Gamblers loose their wealth, social image and confidence because of gambling addiction. Gambling has a negative effect on other sectors of the economy and slow down the pace of development. Online and legalized gambling gives initiative to people who do not gamble at all. Sports gambling are placed on the single event of game, they also bet on the probability to win a single event of the game. 

Adverse effect of gambling on sports:

Sport gambling is illegal; still this business is growing at a very fast rate. Illegal gambling has many bad effects on the sports and if it is legalized then it will have far more worse effect on the sport. Gambling badly affects the integrity and sprit of the game. 

Sport gambling adversely affects the sport by inducing the organized crime into the area of the sport. To earn more money players get involved into the scandal of point –shaving. They pay more attention to the spread of the points instead of taking interest in the game. It affects the game by manipulation. Game should be played with real enthusiasm and for the country. Sports betting change the real motto of playing. This problem will get worsted if sports gambling are legalized. People crazy for sports will loose all their faith in the sports for which they are so much fond of.  

Types of sports gambling: 

There are many types of sports gambling and amongst them the most important is the point spread.

1. Point spread: In this type of betting only winning of the team on which the gambler has betted is not enough. Team should win with exactly the same point as betted for. For a gambler winning of the team is not enough but it should win with enough points to cover the spread. Many newspapers and sport broadcasters also promote gambling by giving news or making announcement in such a way that favor gambling.

2. Money line:  money line is a kind of bet which is restricted to on who will win or loose in a particular event of the game.

3. Totals:  This kind of betting is more common in football, basketball, baseball and hockey. It bets on the point that the total points scored in the particular game will go over or under the number established by the bookmaker.

Sports betting are not good for the sport spirit and it should be banned. It diverts the mind of the people from the real game to gambling. 

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