Yes of course, in our area we do simple betting like playing basketball or even playing online games which we bet of money. Sometimes playing simple games and do the betting makes you think of how much it cost to play at the casino where in a lot is at stake.
I think is pretty common, especially now, to bet with money. Or sometimes they pay it with paying for in the court. That's what my friends do most of the time if they play against people who come from other regions of the place. It is very different if it's a casino that you are playing in, comparing bets to it, it could be close but the rate of playing is different of course. You could employ strategies with both but in basketball, you need real skills, physical stuff.
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It is really fun and it is more exciting when there are more big spiders and more children want to fight the spiders they've caught on the mountains. Sometimes these spiders can be seen on the side of provincial roads.
I know that it is just a game, a way of having fun while we are in our childhood but when we are children, cock fighting is so popular in our place that the way of betting of them in cock fighting was influenced by how we bet on our spiders. Even the adults bet on some of the spider's fight but as I said, the bet at that time is not that much, it is just really for fun.
There are a lot of big spiders lurking in the woods, knowing that it would be in trees or any other place you could find cobb webs. Sometimes I remember riding our bikes and just seeing possible sightings of them. It's fun when you have that friend who is scared and you cannot control them freaking out. It's so funny.
Cockfighting is still famous and there are a lot of wagers coming in and out. Some have stadiums just for that. I have a relative who is joining there and earning a lot of money but it's just that source of money. It's not that well if you just have that hobby. It's not a long term source of funds, except if you own the stadium.