Question by pistons56: Why do some people have gambling problems?
We always hear about the professional athletes that gamble away millions, but why do other people have such huge gambling problems? I knew a guy in college that is so caught up in gambling, that it has swallowed his entire life. What’s the deal? There was another guy in my English class who could only write papers about poker and gambling?
How can people be so stupid and risky with an activity that always favors the house?
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Answer by pink because they want to take the RISK to win LOTS of money unfortunately it doesnt always work out…..
Question by zee_prime: What gambling problems does your country have?
I live in NZ. A few years ago the only gambling here was horse racing using the totalisator, not private bookmakers, a state lottery called Lucky Kiwis, and of course private gambling like poker games. It wasn’t a serious social problem back then. Now, gambling has been made easier. We’ve now got casinos, online gambling, scratch-and-win tickets, which you buy, scratch and if you’re lucky, get a prize. and what we call pokie machines. In Britain they call them one-armed bandits. It’s easier to lose money fast gambling than with any other vice, especially if it doesn’t require any skill. Horse racing required skill and knowledge. Now pokies are a major problem here. Some of the profits are taxed and given to charities. But the social problems they cause cost us far more than they pay back. I want to write a story about it. Please tell me about your country’s experience with different forms of gambling.
Gambling is in NZ a way to take money from the poor to give to the rich. I want material for a story condemning our over-liberal gambling laws. Please help.
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Answer by cesare214 THE PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME…NOTHING DIFFERENT……..
PEOPLE WANNA GET RICH QUICK…….
READ THE HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA……CHECK OUT THE THERAPIES USED FOR GAMBLER’S ANONOMOUS….THE RESOURCE IS THERE ..
USA HAS LEGALIZED AND LRGITIMIZED GAMBLING……IT’S WRONG..HURTS FAMILIES…….
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www.gamblinghelper.com “Whether it’s in a casino or online, poker and other games of chance are becoming increasingly popular. It’s not just men who are addicted, a growing number of women are becoming compulsive gamblers, too. Early Show correspondent Hattie Kauffman takes a closer look at the troubling trend,” news anchor. “The reality is the longer you gamble compulsively, which is what I was doing, the more you become a compulsive liar,” Melanie Morgan, former gambling addict. “In the 1980s Melanie Morgan was a successful television anchor until her gambling addiction cost her, her job and nearly destroyed her marriage,” Hattie Kauffman, CBS national correspondent. “I would lie about where I was going, what I was doing, who I was with, how much money I was spending,” Melanie Morgan. “Even her pregnancy did not stop Melanie from gambling,” Hattie Kauffman. “Of course I was in a terrible environment, smoke-filled rooms, hardly taking care of myself. I was gambling until an hour before I gave birth,” Melanie Morgan. “After her son was born, she often left the infant with an assortment of babysitters,” Kauffman. “I remember packing up the baby one day and driving around to each of the card rooms where I thought she might be and finally locating her and taking the baby in its carrier and putting the baby in the middle of the poker table and saying, ‘You got a choice. You want to play cards or you want to be a Mom?’” Jack Morgan, Melanie’s husband. “I knew at that point I …
my husband has gambling problems.do you think moving from las vegas will help him?
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Answer by Billy D I think it would, i know if i did live in vegas i would have one myself…..seeing the way i acted last i was there. but living away form the casino’s i dont think about it much.
