Gambling world

Whether legal or illegal, gambling is a very popular and a thriving industry in the world today. Though card and dice games were the most preferred games in the ancient times, Horse racing is the most wide spread form of gambling these days in many countries. Sports’ betting is another common industry. Legally, gambling is run by government and companies. Illegal forms of gambling are where bookmakers (bookies) are involved. Some informal kind of gambling takes place where two friends bet on something. Gambling rules are different for different countries and it even varies for different states. Casinos can be called the biggest establishments where betting takes place legally. Here, gamblers get a chance to bet against the establishment which is also called the ‘house’ (casino), in games like roulette wheels, slot machines, keno, dice games. There are games like poker where gamblers play against each other and not with the ‘house’. The games in Casino are card games like poker, blackjack which are played on tables and there have machine games like slot machines. Roulette wheel is a mechanical machine but it is played on table. Legal sports’ betting is done in casinos but illegal sports’ betting business is flourishing worldwide. Horse racing is an example of legal sports betting. Animal fighting like bullfighting, dog fighting and cock fighting is also practiced in some countries but it is not legal everywhere due to laws on animal cruelty. Online gambling sites are another source of modern gamblers. Lotteries, common card games, dice games are all non- casino forms of gambling.