Electronic Bingo Operations in Alabama Shut Down
ABC News
Concerning the loss of jobs at the gaming center, Stacy said casinos cause an economic drain on a community because of the effects of compulsive gambling. "The casinos take away more from a community than they give," Stacy said. Alabama Att...
Oregon Lottery addicted to big losses of gambling addicts
Oregonian
The only options I saw were to kill myself, go to jail, or stop gambling." Experts say compulsive gamblers usually fall into two categories: those seeking action bets, such as on horses, dice and sports; or those who play "escape" games, su...
Loto-Quebec betting on on-line gambling
CJAD
Sol Bauxenbaum, gambling critic with Viva Consulting, says it's more difficult to target compulsive gamblers on the Web and that restrictions don't apply to on-line gambling, adding that this type of gaming is illegal. "There have been exem...
Open line
Arkansas Times
... law setting up the lottery mandates that at least $200,000 in unclaimed prize money go the state Department of Health each year for treatment of gambling addiction and education about compulsive gambling disorder. . . ." Then the legisl...
Wallace may face 2010 primary challenge
Dorchester Reporter
One big difference between the two of them: McGee isn’t wild about casinos, citing “negative ills” such as compulsive gambling and accompanying drug activity and violence. Wallace, along with state Rep. Marty Walsh (D-Savin Hill), is a stau...
Budget panel rejects Patrick's call for more cuts
WBZ News Radio 1030
... the spending would be restored under a separate bill the Senate approved Tuesday that would appropriate $300,000 to blunt a $500,000 cut the governor made to an anti-compulsive gambling agency. That bill, which creates off-track betting...
Krilik to be indicted in Oshrenko case
Jerusalem Post
Humiliated, seeking revenge, and looking for easy cash to feed his compulsive gambling habit, Kirilik carefully plotted out how he would sneak into the Oshrenko's apartment, steal tens of thousands of shekels, and commit murder, police main...
LV companies in denial about problem gambling
Las Vegas Sun
... have taken different approaches toward problem gambling. Some Nevada regulators have questioned the appropriateness of allowing some technological innovations on casino floors because of fears of how they would affect compulsive gamblin...
Riley’s obsessive irrationality with the gambling quagmire
Daily Mountain Eagle Online
Riley’s obsessive involvement with the gambling quagmire borders on compulsive irrationality. His usual reasonable behavior and demeanor of governing is thrown out the window when it comes to gaming. It is a parody that evades reason or ...
Holiday season sheer torture for this shoplift-a-holic
New York Post
Joy" is a middle-class, middle- aged Manhattan resident who keeps a secret from her friends and family -- she's a compulsive shoplifter. Although ... for addicts -- no matter if you're into drugs, alcohol, gambling or sex. But the day after...
Paying to win
Tulsa World
It's not a surprise that people in poorer areas play the lottery more often, said Wiley Harwell, executive director of the Oklahoma Association for Problem and Compulsive Gambling. "I don't think that's a secret," Harwell said. "They're the...