One of the fastest growing activities in America is playing poker, often for money online. Now a new law targets Internet casinos and the cash they pay out, as CBS news correspondent Jim Acosta tells

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A quiet restaurant. Good wine. An animated conversation. Then, mid-sentence, you catch him steal a quick sideways downward glance at his BlackBerry. And the nickname CrackBerry comes to mind. You might think: for some, the Internet is an addiction. W

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The growing international business of online betting is looking for customers outside of the United States. Although the US has been the largest market for Internet gambling companies, a new bill just passed by Congress in that country has made it i

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: For years, Nevada has had a near monopoly on legal sports betting in the U.S. So you might think that Las Vegas might not be so keen on the Supreme Court's decision to allow all states to legalize sports gambling. But as NPR's Le

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by AmericansBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, October 06, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress has voted to ban

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