Online Gambling Guide

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. Let me point you to some much better online gambling legal resources:

• Internet Gambling: An Overview of the Issues: An official US government report from the General Accounting Office.
• The Future Legal Landscape for Internet Gambling: An excellent document from Whittier Law School that goes through the online gambling legalities, point by point.
• The Law of Internet Gambling: From the same law school as the above link; this is the longer article in a shortened outline form.

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.

• Online Gambling-Yahoo Directory
• Dmoz - Online Gambling
• Free Online Gambling Games
• Reviews of Online Gambling Sites

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