Police busted an underground network of illegal sports gambling.

警察突袭了一个非法体育赌博的地下网络。

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Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease.

赌博永远是美国人生活的一个共同特征，但很长一段时间以来，它被广泛地认为是一种罪恶，抑或是一种社会疾病。

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For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc.

例如，社会学家已经发现了很多证据，证明社区的规模与不良行为有关，包括赌博、吸毒等。

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Many people who come to Las Vegas in hopes of winning lots of money do not know when to stop gambling.

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The problem with--there's a problem with gambling behavior because in a certain fraction of the population we have pathological gambling.

赌博行为有个特殊情况,在人群中总会有一小撮人,我们称之为病态赌博

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He is the secret head of a large illegal gambling ring which use the computer for its operations.

他是一个秘密的，大的，非法的赌博团伙的头,那个团伙用这个电脑来操作。

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OK, so, technically, we suppose you could use those five bucks at iTunes or Amazon, for online gambling of dubious legality or, well, most anything.

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But whereas the Texan economy diversified into high-tech, Louisiana turned to gambling, with disastrous results: politicians were bought off by companies looking for licences for land and riverboat casinos, and the state became split between the pro-gambling populism of Mr Edwards and the anti-gambling sentiments of the good government crowd, most of them Republicans.

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This is because while gambling winnings are included in income by virtue of Section 61 of the Code, gambling losses are only deductible to the extent of gambling winnings under Section 165(d).

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