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Betting on sports is getting more and more high tech as the years go by. Decades ago a person could call a buddy down the street or someone they worked with and have them place a bet for you. Everyone knew who everyone else was and everything was pretty well known amongst certain circles. Now with sports being bet on in online forums the whole thing seems to be more anonymous to me. Despite many of these companies keeping your name and other important information about you, many of the investigations involving sports betting nowadays can be harder to trace and more far reaching on a global scale. I certainly don't mean that the investigations are harder to conduct in regards to gambling on sports for law enforcement. I am referring to the fact that spouses can easily hide their betting habits with the online forums without their spouse even knowing about it. This is particularly true in relationships where one spouse trusts the other one to do all of their banking online while they are putting money on football games, boxing matches and horse races in their spare time. The legal commercial world seems to be getting more open about gambling on sporting events. Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura is now a spokesman for BetUs.com. Ventura has taken on the gig to promote the ideals of personal freedom and liberty in his opinion. Many people view the process of making wagers in the same light. I'm sure that many people would like to see gambling restrictions on sporting events lifted. This could very well be a highlight of Ventura's platform if he seeks public office in the future. Now of course he would not have been allowed to have a job like that as a supplementary income while he was serving in public office, but with Ventura being able to ink that deal just shows how mainstream the concept of putting money on sporting events has become. Former Utah Utes and current St. Louis Billikens head coach Rick Majerus would bemoan the hypocrisy of holding a conference tournament in Las Vegas or Atlantic City where there are slot machines, card tables, etc. all over the place and then these young basketball players would have to attend meetings on the dangers of gambling. It is also amusing to some how corporate television stations like CBS will run advertisements during a game about how gambling on college games in particular ruined the lives of so many young people-while in the next breathe be encouraging people to fill out their brackets for the NCAA Tournament office pools. After the point shaving scandals that were discovered at institutions like Arizona State and San Jose State you would think the NCAA would either take the problem of gambling more serious and not promote it in such a back handed way or else be more realistic about the fact that so many people participate in it. Wayne Gretzky's wife was even supposedly placing bets on the Super Bowl through then Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet. Although it appears that Wayne nor his wife actually ever bet on any hockey games. Of course the Pete Rose saga and his time as manager of the Reds is well documented. This just proves that gambling on the games we love can have an impact on some of the most talented and best minds in the game no matter the sport or league. For more information on sports betting, visit http://bookmakersmicroblog.com and http://sportsbettingmicroblog.com

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