The Internet today has billions and billions of websites, and some of these websites are the ones that if anyone accesses it will be a matter of life or death for him. It seemed bad enough to gamble on the streets or in casinos, but since the invention of the Internet, gambling has only gotten worse. Today, people love to access the Internet and communicate with their friends or family, but one of the things that people can do is to gamble their money online, which seems to be worse than regular gambling. Internet gaming has affected children, college students, and adults all over the world, and they may not know what it leads to or what the benefits could be, but there are ways to help people who may be play on the Internet. Internet gambling sites should be illegal because virtually anyone with a credit card can do it and this causes problems for many people, such as children, students and adults who may have a problem gambling. Sometimes adults don't really have much to do. are doing at home, so they are just surfing the web to see what they could do to pass the time, and one website they may come across is a gambling site. Since adults are generally not satisfied with the money they earn from their job, so they may try to increase their amount of money by going online and seeing if their luck will change. Adults can get lucky sometimes, but playing online for them could most likely just get them into trouble at home. If they end up gambling most of their money away, that adult may not have enough money to pay the bills, gas, and food needed to feed their family. The result of this could mean the husband or wife leaving each other, and perhaps even more gambling...... middle of paper ......1-46c3-9499-6a133a2aa892%40sessionmgr198&vid= 5&hid=112Kish, Stevie. “Betting on the Net: an analysis of the government's role in the fight against Internet gambling. » Federal Journal of Communications Law Volume: 51 Number: 2 (1999-03-01) p. 449-466. ISSN: 0163-7606. Accessed February 25, 2014. http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1191&context=fclj&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar% 3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dchildren%2Binternet%2Bgambling%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C36%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22children%20internet%20gambling%22Wood, Robert. “Problem Internet Gambling: Implications for Internet Gambling Policy in North America.” » New media & Society Volume: 9 Number: 3 (2007-06-01) p. 520-542. ISSN: 1461-4448. Accessed February 26, 2014. https://www.uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/643/2007-Internet-NMS.pdf?sequence=1