/*
Version: 3.5.2 Timestamp: Sat Nov 1 14:43:36 EDT 2014
*/
.select3-container {
margin: 0;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
/* inline-block for ie7 */
zoom: 1;
*display: inline;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.select3-container,
.select3-drop,
.select3-search,
.select3-search input {
/*
Force border-box so that % widths fit the parent
container without overlap because of margin/padding.
More Info : http://www.quirksmode.org/css/box.html
*/
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; /* webkit */
-moz-box-sizing: border-box; /* firefox */
box-sizing: border-box; /* css3 */
}
.select3-container .select3-choice {
display: block;
height: 26px;
padding: 0 0 0 8px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
white-space: nowrap;
line-height: 26px;
color: #444;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 4px;
background-clip: padding-box;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
background-color: #fff;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #eee), color-stop(0.5, #fff));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 50%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 50%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ffffff', endColorstr = '#eeeeee', GradientType = 0);
background-image: linear-gradient(to top, #eee 0%, #fff 50%);
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container .select3-choice {
padding: 0 8px 0 0;
}
.select3-container.select3-drop-above .select3-choice {
border-bottom-color: #aaa;
border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #eee), color-stop(0.9, #fff));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#eeeeee', GradientType=0);
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
}
.select3-container.select3-allowclear .select3-choice .select3-chosen {
margin-right: 42px;
}
.select3-container .select3-choice > .select3-chosen {
margin-right: 26px;
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
float: none;
width: auto;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container .select3-choice > .select3-chosen {
margin-left: 26px;
margin-right: 0;
}
.select3-container .select3-choice abbr {
display: none;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
position: absolute;
right: 24px;
top: 8px;
font-size: 1px;
text-decoration: none;
border: 0;
background: url('select3.png') right top no-repeat;
cursor: pointer;
outline: 0;
}
.select3-container.select3-allowclear .select3-choice abbr {
display: inline-block;
}
.select3-container .select3-choice abbr:hover {
background-position: right -11px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.select3-drop-mask {
border: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: fixed;
left: 0;
top: 0;
min-height: 100%;
min-width: 100%;
height: auto;
width: auto;
opacity: 0;
z-index: 9998;
/* styles required for IE to work */
background-color: #fff;
filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}
.select3-drop {
width: 100%;
margin-top: -1px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 9999;
top: 100%;
background: #fff;
color: #000;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
border-top: 0;
border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
box-shadow: 0 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
}
.select3-drop.select3-drop-above {
margin-top: 1px;
border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
border-bottom: 0;
border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 -4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
box-shadow: 0 -4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
}
.select3-drop-active {
border: 1px solid #5897fb;
border-top: none;
}
.select3-drop.select3-drop-above.select3-drop-active {
border-top: 1px solid #5897fb;
}
.select3-drop-auto-width {
border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
width: auto;
}
.select3-drop-auto-width .select3-search {
padding-top: 4px;
}
.select3-container .select3-choice .select3-arrow {
display: inline-block;
width: 18px;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
background-clip: padding-box;
background: #ccc;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #ccc), color-stop(0.6, #eee));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#eeeeee', endColorstr = '#cccccc', GradientType = 0);
background-image: linear-gradient(to top, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container .select3-choice .select3-arrow {
left: 0;
right: auto;
border-left: none;
border-right: 1px solid #aaa;
border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
}
.select3-container .select3-choice .select3-arrow b {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat 0 1px;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container .select3-choice .select3-arrow b {
background-position: 2px 1px;
}
.select3-search {
display: inline-block;
width: 100%;
min-height: 26px;
margin: 0;
padding-left: 4px;
padding-right: 4px;
position: relative;
z-index: 10000;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.select3-search input {
width: 100%;
height: auto !important;
min-height: 26px;
padding: 4px 20px 4px 5px;
margin: 0;
outline: 0;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
border-radius: 0;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
background: #fff url('select3.png') no-repeat 100% -22px;
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.85, #fff), color-stop(0.99, #eee));
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%) 0 0;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-search input {
padding: 4px 5px 4px 20px;
background: #fff url('select3.png') no-repeat -37px -22px;
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat -37px -22px, -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.85, #fff), color-stop(0.99, #eee));
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat -37px -22px, -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat -37px -22px, -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3.png') no-repeat -37px -22px, linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%) 0 0;
}
.select3-drop.select3-drop-above .select3-search input {
margin-top: 4px;
}
.select3-search input.select3-active {
background: #fff url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%;
background: url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.85, #fff), color-stop(0.99, #eee));
background: url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
background: url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%) 0 0;
}
.select3-container-active .select3-choice,
.select3-container-active .select3-choices {
border: 1px solid #5897fb;
outline: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
.select3-dropdown-open .select3-choice {
border-bottom-color: transparent;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff inset;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff inset;
border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
background-color: #eee;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #fff), color-stop(0.5, #eee));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff', GradientType=0);
background-image: linear-gradient(to top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
}
.select3-dropdown-open.select3-drop-above .select3-choice,
.select3-dropdown-open.select3-drop-above .select3-choices {
border: 1px solid #5897fb;
border-top-color: transparent;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #fff), color-stop(0.5, #eee));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff', GradientType=0);
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
}
.select3-dropdown-open .select3-choice .select3-arrow {
background: transparent;
border-left: none;
filter: none;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-dropdown-open .select3-choice .select3-arrow {
border-right: none;
}
.select3-dropdown-open .select3-choice .select3-arrow b {
background-position: -18px 1px;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-dropdown-open .select3-choice .select3-arrow b {
background-position: -16px 1px;
}
.select3-hidden-accessible {
border: 0;
clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
height: 1px;
margin: -1px;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 1px;
}
/* results */
.select3-results {
max-height: 200px;
padding: 0 0 0 4px;
margin: 4px 4px 4px 0;
position: relative;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: auto;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-results {
padding: 0 4px 0 0;
margin: 4px 0 4px 4px;
}
.select3-results ul.select3-result-sub {
margin: 0;
padding-left: 0;
}
.select3-results li {
list-style: none;
display: list-item;
background-image: none;
}
.select3-results li.select3-result-with-children > .select3-result-label {
font-weight: bold;
}
.select3-results .select3-result-label {
padding: 3px 7px 4px;
margin: 0;
cursor: pointer;
min-height: 1em;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
.select3-results-dept-1 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 20px }
.select3-results-dept-2 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 40px }
.select3-results-dept-3 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 60px }
.select3-results-dept-4 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 80px }
.select3-results-dept-5 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 100px }
.select3-results-dept-6 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 110px }
.select3-results-dept-7 .select3-result-label { padding-left: 120px }
.select3-results .select3-highlighted {
background: #3875d7;
color: #fff;
}
.select3-results li em {
background: #feffde;
font-style: normal;
}
.select3-results .select3-highlighted em {
background: transparent;
}
.select3-results .select3-highlighted ul {
background: #fff;
color: #000;
}
.select3-results .select3-no-results,
.select3-results .select3-searching,
.select3-results .select3-ajax-error,
.select3-results .select3-selection-limit {
background: #f4f4f4;
display: list-item;
padding-left: 5px;
}
/*
disabled look for disabled choices in the results dropdown
*/
.select3-results .select3-disabled.select3-highlighted {
color: #666;
background: #f4f4f4;
display: list-item;
cursor: default;
}
.select3-results .select3-disabled {
background: #f4f4f4;
display: list-item;
cursor: default;
}
.select3-results .select3-selected {
display: none;
}
.select3-more-results.select3-active {
background: #f4f4f4 url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%;
}
.select3-results .select3-ajax-error {
background: rgba(255, 50, 50, .2);
}
.select3-more-results {
background: #f4f4f4;
display: list-item;
}
/* disabled styles */
.select3-container.select3-container-disabled .select3-choice {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
background-image: none;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
cursor: default;
}
.select3-container.select3-container-disabled .select3-choice .select3-arrow {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
background-image: none;
border-left: 0;
}
.select3-container.select3-container-disabled .select3-choice abbr {
display: none;
}
/* multiselect */
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices {
height: auto !important;
height: 1%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 5px 0 0;
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #aaa;
cursor: text;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #fff;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(1%, #eee), color-stop(15%, #fff));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container-multi .select3-choices {
padding: 0 0 0 5px;
}
.select3-locked {
padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px !important;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices {
min-height: 26px;
}
.select3-container-multi.select3-container-active .select3-choices {
border: 1px solid #5897fb;
outline: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices li {
float: left;
list-style: none;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container-multi .select3-choices li
{
float: right;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-field {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-field input {
padding: 5px;
margin: 1px 0;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
color: #666;
outline: 0;
border: 0;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
background: transparent !important;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-field input.select3-active {
background: #fff url('select3-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100% !important;
}
.select3-default {
color: #999 !important;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice {
padding: 3px 5px 3px 18px;
margin: 3px 0 3px 5px;
position: relative;
line-height: 13px;
color: #333;
cursor: default;
border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #fff inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
box-shadow: 0 0 2px #fff inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
background-clip: padding-box;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
background-color: #e4e4e4;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#f4f4f4', GradientType=0);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(20%, #f4f4f4), color-stop(50%, #f0f0f0), color-stop(52%, #e8e8e8), color-stop(100%, #eee));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice
{
margin: 3px 5px 3px 0;
padding: 3px 18px 3px 5px;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice .select3-chosen {
cursor: default;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice-focus {
background: #d4d4d4;
}
.select3-search-choice-close {
display: block;
width: 12px;
height: 13px;
position: absolute;
right: 3px;
top: 4px;
font-size: 1px;
outline: none;
background: url('select3.png') right top no-repeat;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-search-choice-close {
right: auto;
left: 3px;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-search-choice-close {
left: 3px;
}
html[dir="rtl"] .select3-container-multi .select3-search-choice-close {
left: auto;
right: 2px;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice .select3-search-choice-close:hover {
background-position: right -11px;
}
.select3-container-multi .select3-choices .select3-search-choice-focus .select3-search-choice-close {
background-position: right -11px;
}
/* disabled styles */
.select3-container-multi.select3-container-disabled .select3-choices {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
background-image: none;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
cursor: default;
}
.select3-container-multi.select3-container-disabled .select3-choices .select3-search-choice {
padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
background-image: none;
background-color: #f4f4f4;
}
.select3-container-multi.select3-container-disabled .select3-choices .select3-search-choice .select3-search-choice-close { display: none;
background: none;
}
/* end multiselect */
.select3-result-selectable .select3-match,
.select3-result-unselectable .select3-match {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.select3-offscreen, .select3-offscreen:focus {
clip: rect(0 0 0 0) !important;
width: 1px !important;
height: 1px !important;
border: 0 !important;
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
overflow: hidden !important;
position: absolute !important;
outline: 0 !important;
left: 0px !important;
top: 0px !important;
}
.select3-display-none {
display: none;
}
.select3-measure-scrollbar {
position: absolute;
top: -10000px;
left: -10000px;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
overflow: scroll;
}
/* Retina-ize icons */
@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5), only screen and (min-resolution: 2dppx) {
.select3-search input,
.select3-search-choice-close,
.select3-container .select3-choice abbr,
.select3-container .select3-choice .select3-arrow b {
background-image: url('select3x2.png') !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-size: 60px 40px !important;
}
.select3-search input {
background-position: 100% -21px !important;
}
}
Busting common gambling myths What you really need to know – Magic Star
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Busting common gambling myths What you really need to know
Understanding the House Edge
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