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    Internet Gambling Internet gambling represents one of the fastest growing segments of online activities with hundreds of websites providing users the opportunity to place bets on anything‚ ranging from casino games to sporting events. Billions of dollars in bets are placed each day in these online gambling rings. Thousands of these sites exist and many countries’ economies benefit from them. Sadly‚ America’s leaders fail to see the benefits in allowing online gambling to take place on American

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    New article: Online Gambling in Canada Online gambling in Canada is one of the most exciting gaming experiences for Canadians. As a fact‚ Canadians have seen a lot of controversy regarding the illegality of gambling and casino sites in all the states of Canada. In the past‚ the casino sites and online gambling has been considered as a part of criminality and illegal activities by the federal government. But after the recompilation and codification of federal laws regarding the casino business in

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    Social Problems Created by Gambling Submitted to Ms. Joyce Lim Senior Executive MEMO TO: Ms Joyce Lim FROM: Andy Tan‚ Executive‚ Ministry for Home Affairs DATE: 28 September‚ 2012 SUBJECT: How to minimize social problems arising from gambling As you requested on August 2012‚ our report outlines the findings into how to minimize social problems arising from gambling. Since casino started operations‚ casino-related crimes have been occurring on average

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    Perceived Risk & Gambling

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    Perceived Risk & Gambling As of 2008‚ there were more than 2‚000 internet gambling sites worldwide; with combined revenue of these websites being estimated to be north of $18 billion (Overview of Gambling Regulations‚ 2008). Due to its obscene rate of growth‚ potential harm to its consumers and growing ease of accessibility‚ internet gambling is viewed by many as a major cause for concern. Don’t expect the apprehension towards online gambling to ease up any time soon. Casinos‚ of both

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    Gambling Addiction

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    What is Gambling Addiction? While it may appear that addictions are solely pleasure-seeking behaviors‚ the roots of addiction can also be traced to a wish to suppress or avoid some kind of emotional pain. In the broadest sense‚ addictive or pathological gambling is gambling behavior which causes disruptions in any major area of life: psychological‚ physical‚ social or vocational. Addictive gambling is sometimes referred to as the "hidden illness‚" because there are no visible physical symptoms

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    Why Gambling Is Bad

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    Gambling might lead to trouble! Gambling is getting more and more common in todays society. There are several shows on TV about poker each night and even more gambling related sites on the internet. These TV-shows and sites influenc young people and they might get stuck with gambling related issues for their entire life. That’s why I’m going to argue against gambling and why gambling is a bad thing. People have been gambling for hundreds of years‚ so it’s not a brand new thing. What is new though

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    Gambling The Economy‚ Household and Society Javon Walker Ms. Patel HSB 4M Due Date: Wednesday‚ May 29‚ 2013 The subject of gambling has been a hot subject of debate amongst politicians for many years. The concept of people waging something of value for something not guaranteed is something that baffles many non-gamblers. Long before Christopher Columbus discovered North America gambling was practiced quite often amongst Native Americans (Sheppard‚ 2012). In fact one can trace the origins

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    Legalizing Gambling Gambling is legal in many places‚ it’s not either a criminal or dangerous activity provided it is done responsibly‚ and in accordance with the law. Have you ever wagered on a game? If so you were gambling and should have been fined. Lawmakers have decided that it is evil to gamble‚ they have justified it as a means to scam billions from citizens in order to compensate for their mismanagement of tax revenue. They pass laws that could put a taxpayer in jail for placing a single

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    May 11‚ 2012 Gambling is a game in which winning is completely or mostly dependent not on the art of play‚ but on luck. It has long been recognized as an adult pastime but in recent years‚ however‚ gambling has increased significantly among adolescents who have grown up in a culture more tolerant to gambling than any previous generation. Movies‚ TV shows‚ and more acceptable online betting have helped embed gambling in youth culture. Poker tournaments and lotteries have become social activities

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    Online gambling has been speedup over past 14 years. The development of the technology of internet was admitting customers to gamble in any time anyway (John & Aunshul‚ 2010). Most of the gambling website provides the legal age limit for gambler. This means only the gamblers who are above 18 can join those gambling game (Steve‚ 2007). Although online gambling is a convenient entertainment‚ it cause many people addiction on it especially the teenagers. They can sit in front of the computer 24

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