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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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shenjiqun

China

I don’t like gambling. I think it’s bad for our healthy. And it will lose much money.

botny

China

I like gambing,the first time i won som money in gambling when i was nine .those day .a gambling style called LAOHUJI was very populer in China.

explorer143

Pakistan

It’s restricted in our Religion..

mary4u

Senegal

Dearest sweetheart,
I am more than happy in your reply to my mail. how is your day ; Mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. my condition here is terrible Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.i don't have any relatives now whom i can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev Chris Johnson who is the pastor of the (HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because here the have two hostels one for men the other for women.The Pastors Tel number is ( 00221-776577390) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. my conditon here i don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.
Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $3.7M(Three Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to people here the only person that knows about it is the Revrend because he is like a father to me.
So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.
Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking. i speak english very fluently.
Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have alot to tell you Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest
Yours in love,
mary.

mary4u

Senegal

never1985

China

for me gambling is just a fun!

kulasa_143

Philippines

I'm not into gambling.its a game of chance i believe.though at home we played it with friends just for fun without using money. but i also have a friend who is good at it.he id really skilled that he seldom lost a game. in fact he is gaining a lot from it, it serves as his bread and butter

gebin222

China

Gambling is not acorrect way to gain the mony,but it attract a lot of people.Because gambling is fun.I hope everyone of gambling don't addict to it.

dana_alain

United Arab Emirates

I don`t like gambling ^^

jordanhom

China

my yahoo messenger:
songchuanhonglanqiu@yahoo.com.cn

Roland A

Nigeria

in Nigeria People become useless through gambling so I dont engage on that and I dont advice people to play it

chinky_ice

Philippines

i don't know why a lot of people get into gambling, your hard earned money's at stake. I guess gambling should be only for people with enough money, and if they're lucky, they get more, but if they lose at least they still have some.

window55pig

China

I wanna practice oral english ,can you help me

window55pig

China

I think gambling is not a good way to gain the money,but it always attract many people to play .

once you addicted to gambling ,you 'll lose many things

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

I heard that If some one is not gamble,smoke or boose definitely he is a womanizer.

desyy

Kenya

GAMBLING, AS MUCH AS IT IS LOVED BY THE MASSES, IT'S RESULTS CAN BE VERY DEVASTATING LIKE BEING FORCED TO LEAVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME JUST BECAUSE YOU GAVE ALL YOUR HARD GAINED CASH TO GAMBLING…...