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Betting
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Sports betting is the general
activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the
outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of
gambling, the legality and general acceptance of sport betting
varies from nation to nation.

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Welcome To Sport
Betting!
Sports betting is
the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on
the outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of
gambling, the legality and general acceptance of
sport betting varies from nation
to nation.
In the United
States, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1994 makes
illegal to operate a "betting, gambling or wagering scheme", except for
in the states of Delaware, Nevada, and Oregon. Nevada, however, is the
only state currently allowing sports gambling, while in many European
nations bookmaking (the profession of accepting sports wagers) is highly
regulated but not criminalized. Proponents 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.
Opponents 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
proponents counter that legitimate bookmakers will invariably fight
corruption just as fiercely as governing bodies and law enforcement do.
Most sports bettors are overall losers as the bookmakers odds are fairly
efficient. However, there are professional sports bettors that make a
good income betting sports.
Betting scandals
Historically,
sports betting has been associated with a number of unsavory characters,
which has a lot to do with its desultory legal treatment throughout the
world. Organized crime notoriously has relied upon sports betting for
money laundering or funding purposes.
The corruption or threat of a boxer to take a dive at the x round is a
frequent theme in mafia-related movies. All of the American professional
sports leagues, as well as the National College Athletic Association (NCAA),
take stringent measures to disassociate themselves from sports gambling.
All of these leagues, especially the NFL, make a great amount of effort
to be as transparent as possible with the public, particularly with
regards to injuries of players, so as to prevent any opportunity or
incentive for the appearance of impropriety or collusion with the sports
gambling industry.
Sports betting
forums
The Internet not
only revolutionized the ability to bet online, but also the ability to
communicate with like-minded bettors. Sports betting forums offer lively
give and take where bettors discuss their predictions about games and
help one another decide on profitable bets. Additionally a cottage
industry of tipster sites has sprung up where inexperienced bettors can,
for free or a fee, receive previews and tips for upcoming events. Free
sites are generally affiliated with online bookmakers and finance their
service by introducing new customers to their preferred online
bookmakers.
Betting pool
A betting pool,
sports lottery, sweep or office pool if done at work, is a form of
gambling, specifically a variant of parimutuel betting influenced by
lotteries, where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool (from which
taxes and a house "take" or "vig" are removed), and then make a
selection on some outcome, usually related to sport. The pool is evenly
divided between those that have made the correct selection. There are no
odds involved; each winner's payoff depends simply on the number of
gamblers and the number of winners. In an informal game, the vig is
usually quite small or non-existent.
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