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essay on internet gaming 400 words

Answer 1

Internet Gaming
Internet gambling represents one of the fastest growing segments of online activities with hundreds of websites providing users the opportunity to place bets on anything, ranging from casino games to sporting events. Billions of dollars in bets are placed each day in online gambling. 
The gambling industry is estimated to gross around $40 billion a year. Majority goes to the government in some form or another and one of the reasons people are starting to look toward the Internet is the fact that the companies can be based offshore and be free of taxes. The government can try to prosecute but the chances of them getting a conviction is highly unlikely, especially if they're a foreign citizen. They can only seize their assets if they enter the United States. Many companies are looking for ways to go around the laws. For example, in football, if they can get two people to bet on opposing sides, then they are technically not gambling. The companies would only take 2.5% of the action. They would act as a middle man of sorts. On the security side, one company has started making personal card readers that they send to your house and you hook it up to your computer. 
Many people still fear gambling on the Internet because of safety issues. They fear a hacker might break in and just keep letting himself win. Companies fear the Internet because they might come in too late and saturate the market with Internet gambling companies. It could become the same thing as what happened to Atlantic City. The companies that run the gambling can also cheat by writing in the programs to deal more 21's to the house. The government’s biggest fear is that the technology has outgrown the regulations. There are 15 Internet gambling sites in New Jersey. Casinos licensed to operate the sites are the Borgata; Caesars Atlantic City; Bally’s Atlantic City; Golden Nugget Atlantic City; Tropicana; Trump Plaza; and the Trump Taj Mahal, which has a partnership with Station Casinos-owned Ultimate Gaming.

Answer 2

 Ask anyone that had ever played an online game and they will most probably tell you that it is addictive. Indeed it is. It's an MMORPG also known as massive multiplayer online role playing game is one of those that had made millions of hardcore gamers lose sleep over. So what's the beauty behind it? One may question. The reason is simple. It provides the player with another "world". In there, there are no boundaries. They can be whoever they want to be and accomplish the things that in real life, they may never ever do.

             Behind the screen, over the net, no one knows who you are, you maybe jobless but online you can be a millionaire, you may be in your late 40s but in there you are back to you prime. Yes, it gives us a sense of satisfaction that we can only dream about having in real life. Another selling point about this sort of games is the challenge that it can create. Instead of playing again mindless AI controlled opponents, you are now pitting your skills against real people around the world. Being triumphant against them meaning you are actually better then them, at least in the game you are better. And the joy that you get out from it is just like outdoing your peers in school or outperforming your colleagues at work. Yes its real life satisfaction.

             These points above are enough to get them hooked to the game but sooner or later, once they have grown tired of winning, or losing, you need some other things to keep them in game. MMORPG offers you the reason to stay. Most, if not all MMORPG allows users to create a community in the form of clans or parties. You can now socialize in the comfort of your home with people thousand miles away, you can gain friendships within the game itself, now this is dangerous if not carefully juggled. Some may become too involved in the online "world" and began to neglect the people around them. Online friends becomes more important then their childhood friends.