There are now an estimated 15,000 such sites on the Internet, 13,000 of such are illegal.  These 13,000 sites revenue about 23.6 billion dollars a year.  This sector of online gambling groups are mostly controlled by criminal groups.  Sports federations such a tennis, football, cricket and a lot of other European sports are trying to regulate the illegal sites so that their image isn't ruined. 
I had no idea that these sites were so popular and gamblers are betting huge amounts of money.  Each year, sports gamblers place about 510 million euros on the Internet.  It seems like people are trying every direction and look hole to make money.  The economy around the world is hurting, and illegal sites like these are hurting everyone around us, especially taking advantage of addicts.

There's a growing number of Internet lotto sales taking place daily.  The people who own these sites must be making a ton of money, I bet a ton of people do this because they don't have to go through the trouble of going to the store, and they probably have a better chance of winning too. 

alessandra said: There's a growing number of Internet lotto sales taking place daily.  The people who own these sites must be making a ton of money, I bet a ton of people do this because they don't have to go through the trouble of going to the store, and they probably have a better chance of winning too. 

I dont think I would trust this though because its not official its just on the internet. I mean I could easily create a site that says its a lottery and you could win 15  million dollars, a bunch of people will buy a ticket and I could just keep the money and make up a lotto winners name. I wouldn't trust internet lotto games. Just go to the gas station :)