Gambling

Gambling iswagering (or betting)money on gameschance. Thoughmanyisformrecreation,can becomepsychologically addictiveharmful behaviorsome people. Because ofnegative connotations ofword, casinos often useeuphemism "gaming"describerecreational gambling activitiesoffer. Gambling may also referengagingany high-risk behavior.

Because ofgenerally negative religious view as well as various perceived social costs, gamblingeither banned or heavily controlled (licensed)many jurisdictions. Consequently, gambling hasbeen linkedorganized crime. Conversely,close involvementgovernments (through regulationgambling taxation) has led toclose connection between many governmentsgambling organisations, where legal gambling provides much government revenue.

Gambling gamesbelievedpredate recorded history,gambling games recordedvirtually all ofancient civilizations.

Typescasino gambling:

• Slot machines
• Poker
• Blackjack
• Baccarat
• Craps
• Roulette
• Keno
• Faro
• Pai Gow
• Pachinko
• Sic Bo
• WheelFortune

Fixed-odds gamblingParimutuel gamblingfrequently offered at or onfollowing kindsevents:

• Horse racing
• Greyhound racing
• Jai alai
• football matches
• Golf
• Tennis
• Cricket

In addition many bookmakers offer odds onnumbernon-sports related outcomes, e.g.directionvarious financial indices, whether snow will fall on Christmas Day,winnertelevision competitions such as Big Brother, etc.

Non-casino gambling games:

• Lottery
• Mahjong
• Dice-based
  • Backgammon
  • Liar's dice
  • Passe-dix
  • Hazard
• Card games
  • Liar's poker
  • Bridge
  • Basset
  • Lansquenet
  • Piquet
  • Put
• Coin-tossing
  • HeadTail
  • Two-up
• Street Swindles
  • Three Card Monte
  • The Shell Game
• Carnival Games
  • The Razzle
  • Hanky Pank
  • Penny Falls
  • Six-Cat
  • The Swinger
  • The Push-up Bottle
  • The Nail Joint
• Bar Games
  • PutTake
  • The Smack
  • The Drunken Mitt

Tablecontents

1 Other betting 2 See also 3 External links

Other betting

One can also betanother person thatstatementtrue or false, or thatspecified event will happen (a "back bet") or will not happen (a "lay bet") withinspecified time. Thisdoneparticular when two people have opposing viewswhattrue or will happen andeach rather certain. Not only doparties hopegain frombet,placebet alsodemonstrate how certain theyaboutissue. A requirementthat itpossibledetermine who was right. Sometimesamount betnominal, winning beingimportant point. Logically insurance iskindbet, butpurposedifferent.

See also

• casino game
• casino nights
• bet exchange
• three card monte
• spread betting
• gambling systems
• casino compsjunkets
• casino token

External links

• DictionaryOfGambling.com
• CARDSHARK Online
• Bustout Dealer