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Online gambling, the easy-access phenomenon that allows internet users to place bets in games such as roulette, poker and blackjack, has become a job substitute and even an addiction for some students...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Online Gambling Afflicts, Addicts Students | 10/19/2004 | See Source »

...would not disclose the specifics of his profits or losses, but said he makes enough money playing poker that he does not need a campus...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Online Gambling Afflicts, Addicts Students | 10/19/2004 | See Source »

...estimated $250 million for them in 2004, according to research firm Zelos Group. Verizon alone offers more than 350 titles. Old favorites like Pac-Man and Tetris have been redesigned for smaller cell-phone screens. They rank among current best sellers, along with card games like blackjack and poker. But there are also plenty of sports and action games out for this fall. The newest trend is multiplayer titles like Family Feud, which let you compete against hundreds of other gamers in real time and see top scores--though often the graphics aren't anything to write home about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Games To Go | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...creature comforts en route, you just have to hope for the best. Our hostess's poker face relaxed when, on departure, I confessed that I had to answer an urgent call of nature. She'd actually installed plumbing in the house, she admitted, discreetly directing me to an indoor bathroom that had been there all along. I was astonished. What was all that about the rough and ready existence of the hutongs, where daily life had barely changed in centuries? She shrugged and replied, quite unapologetically, "Would you want tour groups using your toilet every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backstreet Beijing | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...Silver Ingot Bridge, spanning two of the area's lakes. Afterward, as well as visiting a local house, you'll be taken to a tea ceremony at Prince Gong's mansion. As for creature comforts en route, you just have to hope for the best. Our hostess's poker face relaxed when, on departure, I confessed that I had to answer an urgent call of nature. She'd actually installed plumbing in the house, she admitted, discreetly directing me to an indoor bathroom that had been there all along. I was astonished. What was all that about the rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backstreet Beijing | 10/7/2004 | See Source »

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