They became a way to gamble with almost no money down.
Single-stock futures offer little more than a way to gamble on the cheap.
"Gradually that turned into a way to gamble and then people began to trade the fighting cocks around south Asia as they do today," he explains.
With those two themes ruled out, what else is there left to say about trading on the Internet except that it is a great way to gamble?
"If it's something you feel you know about and you have a perspective on it, this is a way to gamble on that perspective," he said.
Low-revenue teams like Pittsburgh have begun pouring lots of money into the draft as a way to gamble for bargains, at least relative to the price of major league free agents.
In the past week or two, it seems, her customers have begun to return, as they have lost confidence in Banyumas and sought a safer way to gamble their nest eggs.
The most popular way to gamble on football is with spread betting: A punter picks either a favored team to cover or an underdog to be within the point spread.
It's a wonderful way to gamble.
Blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat, a total of 6,150 slot machines, several kinds of poker and a 3,000-square-foot 3,000-square-foot 3,000-square-foote of dozen ways to gamble.
One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.
