[INTL] Tangled web of bets - Edmonton Sun (09/12/08)

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September 12th, 2008
By Mindelle Jacobs, Edmonton Sun

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You could blame the World Series of Poker or simply society’s gradual acceptance of gambling as a recreational pastime. Whatever the case, the popularity of Internet gambling has surged.

And that has a Canadian gambling researcher worried that if we’re not careful we’ll trigger an avalanche of online addicts.

Internet gambling is convenient, people can play around the clock and online sites tend to offer better payout rates due to low overhead, notes University of Lethbridge academic Robert Williams.

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