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Virtual Gambling

Date: Nov 02 2007

Intro

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In the United States, only a few states allow casinos. For those unfortunate enough not to live in a place where you can sit down at a black jack table with a real dealer, there is video poker and online gambling.

Video poker machines are usually found in bars and they sort of look like video games. You insert money and play against a computer.

Beren likes to play video poker, but Marni is about to introduce her to the exciting world of online gambling.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Marni

Beren

Marni: Do you like to gamble?

Beren: I love gambling.

Marni: Really?

Beren: Yeah. Totally. I’m really into video poker.

Marni: Oh, okay. Yeah, we’re big on video poker here in Oregon. I don’t like it. Like, I lose five dollars and I freak out. I hate it.

Beren: I think overall I’m definitely up a couple hundred bucks, but I have lost some money too.

Marni: You gotta be prepared, I think, to lose. I have a friend who actually pays her rent by playing poker online.

Beren: No way.

Marni: She is that good.

Beren: No way.

Marni: Yeah, I have to admire her skill.

Beren: So she plays video poker online…

Marni: Actual poker, actual poker game. There’s poker games you can get in on online.

Beren: Are there cards or…

Marni: There’s cards. It’s all virtual. It’s fascinating.

Beren: Like, what’s the buy-in for this?

Marni: Sometimes it’s $3, sometimes it’s $500, you know, depending on how high stakes you want to play.

Beren: And she pays her rent that way?

Marni: She does.

Beren: What does she do for a day job? Or is that like her sole source of income?

Marni: Right now, it’s basically her sole source of income. She’s trying to get some things going, but yeah.

Beren: Do you have the web address for the main site she uses?

Marni: I don’t, but I’ll find out for you.

Beren: Excellent. Thank you.

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Discussion

Video poker is really popular in Oregon since casinos aren’t allowed most places in the state. Marni doesn’t like video poker because she always loses a little bit of money. Beren loves video poker and guesses that she’s won $100 so far. It’s funny how winning at gambling makes you like it more.

But Marni has a friend who has won much more than $100 playing poker against other people online. Her friend actually makes all of her money playing virtual poker!

Beren is amazed and can’t wait to try playing poker online. Marni is going to give her the web address her friend uses to make all of her money.

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Eddie.jung

South Korea

It is possible that people will become homeless through gambling, when you addicted to gambling. Just enjoy it.

kou-071200

China

can you tell me the meaning of “greener”?is it means that the worker who cut the grass

foodever

China

well, if you play casinos once in a while, you might get to win some money, more or less, but if you play it for a long time in a row, you are meant to lose. Otherwise, how do they make money off the guys playing in there. Besides, this kind of game is addictive, once you get started, its quite hard to stay away from it.

ktlqai

Viet Nam

How much percent of gamble is luckiness?

How much percent of gamble is human influence?

Rarely we feel lucky & intelligent

But if you do, try some money from gamble

babyfaceding

China

someone I know who won about 20,000 pounds totally in Casino, he was so lucky, but most people lost money in there.

purples

China

Casino is not allow in China, but Chinese people just simply love gambling so much. Seems our blood is with gambling gene.

Chinese people can not join on-line gambling since the internet access is being monitored and restricted. Therefore, the traditional gambling games are still popular in the street, like Ma-jiang, chinese-poker. And those people who have big wealth always go to Vegas, Macao, or the casions near China mainland which are open in Korean, Japan and specific target Chinese people as their customer.