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As the scandal over corruption in cricket rumbles on, online gambling operators in Australia feel that sports betting needs to be better regulated.  It is generally agreed that a ban on sports betting would not be workable.

 

In Australia it is impossible to avoid cricket betting.  Gambling odds are regulary woven into the commentaries, with websites and phone number carefully placed.

 

In the old days having a bet meant deciding which team would win a match or a series.  Now, as seen in the current scandal regarding Parkistan v England, practically anything can be considered worthy of a gamble.

 

Cricket is by no means the only sport open to gambling abuse, but while cricket officials know that betting is a problem for the game, they have yet to find a way to put a stop to it.

 

Betfair Australia spokesman, Hugh Taggart, states that online wagering has grown enormously in the last 10 years, opening up the opportunity for new ways to bet on matches.

 

There needs to be a completely transparent relationship between the sport's administrators and the gambling operators, with named information of all account holders, so that any suspicious activity can be traced.

 

Mr Taggart feels that sport's administrators need to be given complete access to all information about who is betting on their sports, so that it can be kept as free from abuse as possible in the future.

The word pokies is Australian slang for slot machines, slots or one-arm bandits.

 

There are a huge range of gaming machines, the most popular being the 5-video-reel with multi-line slot games.  These games all offer bonus games, often in the form of free spins.

 

Pokies arrived in Australia in the early 1900's.  They were popular, but illegal.  In the 1950's the New South Wales Government legalised gaming machines as long as they were situated in registered premises, thus opening up the market in Australia.

 

Playing the Australian pokies is one of the simplest forms of gambling around.  It is easy to learn and the skills can be transferred from game to game, machine to machine and from land based machines to online games.

 

There is no sure way of winning consistently over a long period of time.  Every club, pub and casino has to make a profit.  The machines are set up in a way that ensures this always happens.

 

Gambling via the internet first made an appearance around the mid 1990's.  Until 2000 Australia looked as though it would be home to the world's largest number of cyber casinos.  However, the Government put a stop to this in 2000 with the Interactive Gambling Act, which prohibited Australian online gambling sites from taking bets from Australians.

 

Both online pokies and machines in casinos etc have at least one thing in common, if the machine has had a long period of losing, it doesn't mean a win is on the way.  The spins are entirely random.

 

If you have played the machines in your local club, then playing pokies online will be just as easy, and probably more comfortable!