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Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.

Sports bettors place their wagers either legally, through a bookmaker/sportsbook, or illegally through privately run enterprises referred to as "bookies".

The term "book" is a reference to the books used by wage brokers to track wagers, payouts, and debts.

Many legal sportsbooks are found online, operated over the Internet from jurisdictions separate from the clients they serve, usually to get around various gambling laws (such as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 in the United States) in select markets, such as Las Vegas, or on gambling cruises through self-serve kiosks.

There are different types of legalized sports betting now such as game betting, parlays props and future bets.

They take bets "up-front", meaning the bettor must pay the sportsbook before placing the bet.

Due to the nature of their business, illegal bookies can operate anywhere but only require money from losing bettors and do not require the wagered money up front, creating the possibility of debt to the bookie from the bettor.

This creates a number of other criminal elements, thus furthering their illegality.

Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules.

It is played worldwide, but in some places the rules may vary.

While the earliest known form of the game was played with just 20 cards, today it is usually played with a standard deck, although in countries where short packs are common, it may be played with 32, 40 or 48 cards.

Thus poker games vary in deck configuration, the number of cards in play, the number dealt face up or face down, and the number shared by all players, but all have rules that involve one or more rounds of betting.

A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling.

Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shops, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions.

Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertainment, such as stand-up comedy, concerts, and sports.

A lottery (or lotto) is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize.

Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery.

It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.

The most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors, and vendors must be licensed to sell lottery tickets.

Although lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries.

This remained so until well after World War II.

In the 1960s, casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes.

A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool.

Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).