Interesting that you would make the claims that cockfighting is "LEGAL" in Virginia and that without the financial incentive of gambling, people would not fight these birds.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1175339/>The relevant line in the above story being: "It is a misdemeanor in Virginia, and only then, if it is associated with gambling, authorities said."Ergo, gambling on cockfights in Virginia is ILLEGAL.