Now the gamblers are becoming long-term investors, and the balance of power is shifting.
Banks used to be as eager to lend to brand-new companies as to professional gamblers.
The report also included detailed surveys of gamblers that showed their habits and preferences.
And Thais are flocking to them, along with gamblers from China and other Asian countries.
And gamblers are superstitious folk who do not like to remain in one place for long.
Following a boom fueled by online poker, the recession curbed the betting activity of prospective gamblers.
Most of the gamblers who used the service were in the United States, authorities said.
Who in their right mind would turn to wildly irresponsible gamblers for financial advice?
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There would also be no need for the public to bail out the gamblers.
These starry-eyed gamblers would greatly improve their odds by learning how to count cards.
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The Chinese are known as passionate gamblers, and Macau is where they come to play.
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Until now, gamblers could try their luck at them only on servers located offshore.
But the referees reviewed the play, and ended up nullifying the touchdown, crushing the gamblers.
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Gamblers might enjoy the thrill, but this kind of uncertainty is anathema to business.
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Fascism was not, or not simply, a capture of the state by thugs or gamblers.
"It's the online gamblers on the whole who are not contributing, " Mr Foster said.
Meanwhile Hippodrome Casino, in London's West End, has an entire floor dedicated to Chinese gamblers.
And what are the consequences for us all as we become a planet of gamblers?
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All at once, the hard-core gamblers smile, their ravaged faces transformed by the joy of the moment.
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Justice Department experts have cracked every technology designed to block underage and chronic gamblers from online wagering.
Bally is considering building slots with television screens for Oklahoma gamblers who want to watch college football.
They also hurt revenues and profits of legal bookmakers, as better odds attract gamblers away from them.
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Jennings, for one, says the industry is paying the price for reaching too far into gamblers' pockets.
The Republican Party's sudden concern for the welfare of vulnerable gamblers comes just before the mid-term elections.
The idea is that gamblers bring their kids and stay the night in one of his hotels.
Gamblers who travel across the Mekong to the Paradise, for example, never pass an immigration or customs checkpoint.
Shares in Betfair, whose betting exchange allows gamblers to bet against each other, rose as much as 14%.
Instead, like gamblers down on luck at closing time they buy risky stocks hoping to recover all losses.
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