Online Gambling sites like, Casino Red , take the travel out of having to go to Vegas or some other far off place to lose your money. Instead of paying air fare and a hotel room you can just snuggle up to your friendly PC and place your bets. It's enticing but is it smart ??
Heck I have trouble trusting the Casinos I have visited in person, never mind the Virtual ones. Interestingly enough this is a billion dollar industry and much of the money being wagered is from the U.S.
Trying to find out if it's legal?? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
It seems operating an online casino or facilitating the betting is probably going to get you in hot water here in the U.S.A., but merely making bets...as long as they aren't sporting bets.. seems to be ok, sort of.
A man from North Dakota, Jeffrey Trauman, made some sports bets and won $100,000 online but he violated a State Law for which he was fined $500. It still seems Jeff came out a winner in that. As far as I have been able to determine, there is no specific Federal Law that prohibits people playing online it just gets tricky on how the money is channeled to and from the casino.
Places like PayPal and many major Credit Card companies won't allow their customers to use their services to transfer money from their accounts to online casinos because of U.S. laws that prohibit that practice. But just because it's illegal for banks to do it, there are still those out there that want to help you find a way to do it
So it's true that it is easier to gamble from home or your local internet cafe, but maybe it's better to have the Casinos a bit out of reach. Clearly online or when you are at your favorite Casino, gambling is a risk, and one should always be aware of what they are risking.
Good Luck whatever your choice might be and Happy New Year to all
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I am such a horrible gambler LOL! I went to a riverboat with almost $5000 in my pocket. I gave myself $100 to play with. By the time I had lost $80 I was pretty well done - I kept thinking about stuff I could get - and KEEP - with that other $20 and put it back in my pocket & left ROFLMAO!!!
I do like scratch-offs, but that's just about my limit...
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I've never tried anything much more advanced than a scratch card. lol. I'll do girly things like shoe shopping in stead .D
There are always people who are just waiting to separate you from your money--casinos and the like are at the top of the list!
Choo Choo, so have a whole closet full of shoes don't you!!?
Momzy, U Be right but of course lets not forget the government already has their hands in our pockets, casinos are just trying to compete! Heck they may need a bailout!!
I'm not a gambler at all (yeah aside from an occasional scratch-off ... but in IL we've been sayin' they seem to be doling out a lot fewer winners even in THAT... any other states notice this??? maybe it's just the price we have to pay for our governors' defense funds... i digress)...
Love this post anyway. You know, you write and present like a pro blogger. All the fancy linkage and info and questions about your readers' habits and interests. I'm impressed :)
Thanks Terminaly U, Since the Guv here tells us we are broke I imagine he's printing more losing tickets
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