activity and therefore should not be treated differently from other forms of gambling for tax purposes. The court also rejected the taxpayer’s equal protection argument to treat tournament poker as sports‚ on the basis of the policy decisions of the congress to treat business based on wagering activities differently. Introduction Gambling is becoming increasingly popular in today’s society. Major casinos and online gambling sites attract countless people who are lured by the fortune‚ fascinated by
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everyday. (PAUSE) Just over 5 years later Chris committed suicide. He was diagnosed with overwhelming depression due to an unpayable debt made by the gambling problem he developed all those years ago. You see‚ Chris grew up in an age where the advertising of gambling had no regulations. Tattersalls and Intralot were able to advertise the splendor of gambling and Chris kept thinking he would win big. Then THE NEXT TIME would fulfill all his wishes. Then it became THE NEXT TIME would solve all his problems
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The Lucky One opens when two very different men meet. Deputy Keith Clayton is a sleaze who is sneaking through the North Carolina underbrush in order to take pictures of a group of skinny-dipping coeds. When one of the coeds comes face to face with him‚ Clayton chucks the camera under a bush. He’s also startled to meet a stranger toting a backpack and accompanied by a German shepherd dog. Clayton suspects that the man may have seen him taking his snapshots. The young camper is named Logan Thibault
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USURY ( RIBA) ‚ GHARAR (UNCERTAINTY) & MAySIR (GAMBLING) USURY ( RIBA) Definition: In literal meaning‚ riba or interest means excess‚increase or addition. In Islamic terminology‚ riba means effortless profit or the profit that comes from the late payment from the loan. The interest charge for late payment in the repayment of a loan is considered as riba. (an-nahlu : 90) Allah allows trade and prohibited riba (2 : 275) Interest is only considered as riba if the amount loaned
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too different sales levels. Lucky Lanka and Lanka Milk foods (CWE) both companies are in Dairy sector and comparing the two gross profit ratios is reasonable. LUCKY LANKA LANKA MILK FOODS (CWE) 2014/2013 2013/2012 2014/2013 2013/2012 Gross Profit Ratio 41% 40% 10% 17% Comparing Lucky Lanka company on 2013/2012 to 2014/2013 there is a 1% GPR of increase and Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) has decreased by 7% on the same period. Reason for the 1% GPR increased of Lucky Lanka is parallel increased
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YOUTH GAMBLING ABUSE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO COUNSELLING BY TOYOBO‚ O. M. Ph.D woltosix@yahoo.com & JIBOKU‚ A.O. (MRS) ajibolawemmy2003@yahoo.com Department of Educational Psychology‚ Tai Solarin College of Education‚ Omu-Ijebu‚ Ogun State. ABSRTACT In recent times the global world has witnessed an upsurge of gambling activities‚ increased participation in gambling activities and gambling related problems. Research has shown that the nation’s economy is at a
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often going hand in hand with decreasing crime rate is would legalized gambling decrease the crime rate? During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s slow economic growth‚ cuts in federal funding‚ and growing public needs forced state and local governments to seek additional sources of revenue. Most states turned to lotteries‚ horse and dog racing‚ and most recently a growing number of states have resorted to casino gambling as a painless way to raise money. Case studies show that legal casino gaming
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been a lot of studies on the subject of gambling and games play. The average uninformed individual might wonder "Why‚ it really is not that big of a deal?" and think that it is just a small poker game or a little bet over a sporting event. There are so many more aspects to gambling than just the little games and bets. That is just a fraction of all of the problems and crime it can be connected to. Now there are also great perks to having some forms of gambling‚ such as lotteries. The lotteries help
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How to keep the readers from turning the page‚ a concept that most marketing agencies today are still trying to perfect. This advertisement tries to seize the reader’s attention through the use of its wordplay. The color red used in the Lucky Strike ad gives the reader something he or she is already conditioned to pick up. Located on stop signs and stop lights‚ the color red triggers the stop‚ look‚ and listen aspect of one’s mind. Even the font used on this advertisement bears a striking resemblance
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How Lucky You Are Do you know how lucky you are? Nowadays people tend to forget how to appreciate every little thing they have‚ when everything is given to them. Sometimes a tragedy‚ like a near death or an overwhelming experience‚ has to take place before we actually can see how precious every moment of life is. In the western part of the World lots of young people take everything for granted because they are raised in a rich culture‚ where there is no lack of the basic needs‚ and they become
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