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  1. I will ship to one person on stars (only have stars)

    1. I would like a specific gambling controversy, that will be easy to gather up information on and give a speech on.

    The first person who list a good topic and maybe a couple sentences to a paragraph about the brief history and the status quo will get $5 shipped

    and go....
  2. Gambling ethics throughout history

    JINYX on stars, ship it.
  3. the difference between a gambler and a gambling addict.

    define gambling. maybe talk about different types of gambling...talk about what makes someone and addict and what makes someone a gambler.

    give examples of someone famous a gambler/addict. talk about what they won/lost. talk about a gambling "high" or "rush".
  4. illegalization of online poker.

    Edges in gambling ( I.E. poker/counting cards in BJ). Show stats of top online pros or live pros even.
  5. How do you know when enough is enough? Do you really need to lose everything before you realize that your whole life was a gamble?
  6. 1. Online poker and cheating.

    2. Poker - a game of skill or chance?
  7. still awaiting winner
    Thread Starter
  8. The effect of televised Big Money Poker on youths and the link, if any, there is to underaged gambling/poker playing.
  9. Addiction--Can someone really explain the difrence between a drug addict and a gambler?They both will steal to get there high.They both will sell everything they got to get the high.,And the last thing they are thinking about is there family.That's what you call ADDICTION
  10. the skill in poker as opposed to the non-skill in other forms of gambling. i.e. slots

    Appst08

    p.s -did this for a public speaking class and my teacher was amazed how much skill is in poker and she said she has a new found respect for it.
     
  11. The MIT Blackjack Team would be an obvious choice. Besides "21," there was a great documentary about it that you can find on YouTube (discovery channel aired it, I think).
  12. the nba ref who is now in jail for for betting on his own games. Plenty of info out there for that.
    suxout19 on stars
  13. Pete Rose not being in the hall of fame due to his gambling despite being one of the best pure hitters in the history of the game and being on the winning team the most in history.

    Shit, Id write that paper for you.
  14.  
    Originally Posted by LarsonLarsen View Post

    Pete Rose not being in the hall of fame due to his gambling despite being one of the best pure hitters in the history of the game and being on the winning team the most in history.

    Shit, Id write that paper for you.

    winner
     
  15. Winner is pete rose topic , controversial and very interesting.

    whats stars name?

    do you still want to write paper? lol
    Thread Starter
  16. stars name is LarsonLarsen

    PM me and we can discuss your paper. If nothing else I can definitely give you some good notes/insight.
  17. Drugs and poker: the use of adderal, meth, and coke in todays game
     
  18. New Media’s Effect on Culture Through Online Gambling That was a paper I wrote a few years ago for a New Media class, got an A-
  19.  
    Originally Posted by okayalright3 View Post

    New Media’s Effect on Culture Through Online Gambling That was a paper I wrote a few years ago for a New Media class, got an A-

    Somewhat correlary to this: Gambling as portrayed in the Media. Specifically, in movies. Positive/negative, but ridiculously easy to research, as movies are documented so well and easily searchable, just using wikipedia if nothing else.

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