Every autumn Saturday morning,Nolan contacts Jake and places wagers on various college football games.Sometimes he wins and sometimes he loses.Meanwhile,Jake attempts to balances the wagers Nolan makes against wagers that other people make with him so that at the end of the day the losers' money is used to pay the winners.Jake takes a small fee for handling the transactions.Jake's conduct violates Texas gambling statutes.

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Jake's conduct of accepting and handling wagers for various college football games violates Texas gambling statutes which prohibit the act of betting or wagering on the outcome of a game or contest, or the performance of a participant in a game or contest. As a result, Jake is engaged in illegal gambling activities.

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