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Sport
Gambling Information
by Jerry "Jet"
Whittaker
Nov 8, 2006
Origin sport gambling:
Contrary to the popular beliefs it is said that most of
the popular gambling games that are played in America
has their roots of origin in foreign locales. The
heritage of gambling is found to be related to the
Chinese culture. China has been the home of numerous
gambling games. One of the most popular Chinese games
the keno has been the most original forms of the modern
lottery games that has evolved over centuries and is
still played in casinos throughout the world in various
pirated versions. Pai Gow is another prehistoric
gambling game that has become famous and was hybridized
to the modern American version named Gow Poker. One of
the most recent innovations in the Gambling world is the
concept of Internet gambling. Most of the offshore
gambling casinos have sprouted in the recent years.
Players can play a lot of
gambling sports
like blackjack, poker and online slot games. However the
concept of Internet or offshore gambling has given birth
to a lot of controversies and arguments between the
proponents and the opponents of the offshore gambling.
However the reason for concern about the concept of
offshore gambling is the lack of rules and regulation
that are applied on the land based casinos and keep them
in line with the law.
What is sport gambling:
In
general,
a sport betting is an activity of predicting sports
results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting
event. More than other forms of gambling, the legality
and general acceptance of sports betting varies from
nation to nation. For example in North America, sports
gambling is generally forbidden, while in many European
nations, bookmaking that is the profession of accepting
sports wagers is regarded as an honorable occupation,
which is highly regulated, is not criminalized.
Supporters of legalized sports betting generally regard
it as a hobby for sports fans that increases their
interest in particular sporting events, thus benefiting
the leagues, teams and players they bet on through
higher attendances and television audiences. Those who
oppose this fear that, over and above the general
ramifications of gambling, it threatens the integrity of
amateur and professional sport, the history of which
includes numerous attempts by sports gamblers to fix
matches, although the supporters has to counter the fact
that legitimate bookmakers will invariably fight
corruption just as fiercely as governing bodies and law
enforcement do.
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