If you had the pleasure of surfing the Internet in 1993, you might reminisce about dumb terminals, Usenet and Lynx. But even the most old-school Web curmudgeon has to prefer the way things are today. Technological advances have made the Internet sizzle with video, graphics and applications galore.

The online betting experience is no different. Graphic design has improved by leaps and bounds over the past decade. The content itself is sharper as more and more people turn to the Web as their information provider. Security measures are savvier, and performing financial transactions online is now par for the course, even with the UIGEA running interference.

But let’s get back to the graphics for a second. The Internet of the 1990s reminds me of the television of the 1950s: clunky, minimal and accident-prone. Now sports betting is a virtual casino experience, and the casinos just keep getting swankier. How soon before online martinis are served?

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