What is online gambling?
Online gambling simply means that you're using the Web to gamble. There are quite a few different types of online gambling games and/or topics that are extremely popular; some of these include online casinos, online sports betting (such as fantasy football), online poker, online bingo, online roulette, you name it.
Is online gambling legal?
The answer to this question depends on where you are in the world. The short answer for those of us who live in the United States is
no, online gambling is not legal....kind of. The U.S. Government has put together an in-depth resource on this subject titled
Internet Gambling: An Overview of the Issues. This is an official US government report from the General Accounting Office (PDF file).
Online Gambling Sites
As you might imagine, there are literally thousands of online gambling sites out there on the Web. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with your country's online gambling laws before jumping feet first into the online gambling world.
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