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Texas
Legislature Internet Gambling
by Jerry "Jet"
Whittaker
Nov 17, 2006
Texas legislature Internet gambling
Individuals may make wagers from any computer with the
modem. The greatest concern is that use personal
computers from your home or office and make sure that
the game is honest, financial transactions are secured,
also check out whether the operator has connections with
organized crime. Gambling creates dangers for the
society, the law can minimize lost work, protect players
from themselves especially if the gamblers having
problems. Most of the operators have sites on the
worldwide web and are contacted by dialing the server.
Gambling requires consideration, so only the sites that
accept money wagers are included in this discussion.
Types of gambling
Sports betting
There are many sites available where you can do sports
betting. Betting on professional and collage sports
events was the first form of Internet wagering, through
operators used their websites. Sports’ betting is one of
the most attractive forms of at home gambling.
Casinos
Casinos include blackjack, poker, roulettes, baccarat,
slot machines, and many more. Minimum and maximum limits
on wagers also vary widely. Live play, gambling, is now
possible, making it easy and more convenient.
Lotteries
Lotteries also contribute to gambling. Games vary from
passive, once a week drawings to instant tickets,
indistinguishable from slot machines. Unlike traditional
lotteries, many games do not have a pooling of players
funds to create the prize.
Bingo
There is true bingo, proxy play, and free play. Bingo is
not very popular as the other ones, but still is played
on large scale.
Texas gambling
State sponsored online gambling will stay out of Texas
for the time being, after a measure to allow internet
lottery games was excluded from the state budget
proposal. The online gambling proposal was expected to
add about $275 million to state revenues, but the
Texas legislature
has decided to go without. The lottery resolution was
one of 46 proposals being considered as part of
budgetary planning. Even without the added revenue was
promised by the online gambling, Texas quoted that the
current budget plan will nevertheless contribute an
additional $1 billion. If the Internet gambling measure
had been adopted, Texans would have been able to play
the lottery using cards or by keeping a tab with the
Texas lottery commission.
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