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In reply to the discussion: In Iowa, O’Malley sounds a lot like a Democrat liberals love: Warren [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)We know people lose money, we know for the most part the odds are stocked in the house's favor, unless they are like Charles Barkley who can "afford to gamble" creates problems. We know for a fact gambling is very much an addiction -- http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-gets-addicted-to-gambling/?page=2
Very thick adult diapers are sold because some hardcore addicts need them because of her unwilling they are to risk what happens if they leave the machine to go to the bathroom. -- http://www.aproundtable.org/news/newsindividual.cfm?ID=1798&issuecode=casino
Certainly there are those who gamble, do so responsibly. Casual, don't do too much on the weekends. This shocked me but Thanksgiving was one my best days, especially Thanksgiving. I ended up south or in Chandler most of the time caused by the large amount of fares I had picking people up from the big casinos South from here, off the I-10. I think its Wild Horse Pass. I live close to Casino Arizona. Talking Sticks is very high end Vegas style casino & resort. There certainly is a lot of that.
Increasing or decreasing crime is certainly hard to measure & directly relate because anecdotally, most of the people I know that are big fans of going to Casinos are criminals but the 2 isn't directly related to their love except for the money used to give away to the House. Whether it is the rent money or black market income, blowing it at the Casino does anger & cause money the money helps support. My mom told me stories of my dad would blow the rent money at the dog track. Why someone would bet money on some random dogs I racing I really don't get it.
However, after they were divorced I'd still see him at the Summer. I remember he'd drop me off at the day care center at Central City while he went inside to gamble quite often. Scratch tickets he bought all-the-time though that is a pretty consistent thing with gambling addicts, always grab a few scratchers at the 7-11 or whatever. I never buy them except for one time I needed money started with a $1 or $2, tried to listen to my gut managed to turn it into $20 in the end. Only time I ever, I mentioned this to my life who gave me some money specifically for me to try to "re-enact" this but all I was doing was trying to guess correctly more but I don't get 1 out 4.35678 means I'm more likely to lose overall long-term.
However is the areas of the brain that become simulated when the bets are in play that create the gambling addiction, it isn't so much winning or losing. This addiction is very problematic because it is directly related to money. This creates problems, not just with themselves but with others, I can't count the angry "because gambled all the money" but a criminal who normally acquires income with criminal activities is more likely to turn to acquiring income from those sources following a bad night or blowing rent money or money needed for something they needed it for. But that is only 1 problem that directly relates to, a lot addicts are hurting themselves with their own money being lost at Casinos or gambling suppliers but the demand is there which someone will be out there providing the supply need so it is what it is. It doesn't mean it is without its problems.