Online Betting, A World Of Opportunity
According to the online encyclopedia authority, Wikipedia, online betting can be best described as, “…a general term for gambling using the Internet.” And it goes on to say, “Bookmakers and betting exchanges offer fixed-odds gambling of
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This also applies to other events, such as the outcome of a country’s election, or a popular TV contest, such as Big Brother. In fact, there need be no limit to the number of things that betting, both offline and online, can be about.
Of course, with the Internet crossing all international boundaries, it stands to reason that certain countries that have laws against betting, or that limit how betting can be conducted, will not allow its citizens to bet online. The individual bookmakers have by and large recognised this and disallow people from those countries to bet.
The advent of online betting has brought its own set of problems. Those prone to gambling addiction have arguably been placed at greater risk, though it is of course their responsibility in the first place. The National Gambling Impact Study in the USA said, “…the high-speed instant gratification of Internet games and the high level of privacy they offer may exacerbate problem and pathological gambling.”