Gambling is the act of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race.
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magazine article: Gambling. Human beings have spent large amounts of money trying to beat the laws of probability for centuries. Read article
magazine article: Gambling The National Lottery, Fruit Machines, Bingo, Casinos, The Football Pools ... Easy ways to get rich quick? Or just different ways to throw away your money? Read article
word game: Horse Racing Reading Game. The race is ending, but which horses finish in which places? Read the text and work it out! Play game
poem: Tom Beatty - this poem by Edgar Lee Masters from his acclaimed Spoon River Anthology compares gambling and life. Read poem
cartoon: "I don't like playing games with him." "Me neither ...". See cartoon
trivia: Number: $1.2bn (£750m): the world record for an overall jackpot was set in December 1999 by Spain's El Gordo, meaning the Fat One.: See more gambling trivia
poll: Do you think gambling should be legal or illegal? See poll results
links: Wikipedia: gambling See more links
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