Not knowing when to fold 'em
PhysOrg
Williams says the issue of gambling addiction post-release needs much more attention from corrections professionals. "Correctional administrators really need to look at the gambling that's happening inside prisons and jails and what needs t...
Hooters armed robber sentenced to prison
Norristown Times Herald
... on Tuesday, adding he filled his life with gambling, drinking, drugs and women. Gilardi, of the first block of Inland Road, Bristol Township, claimed his style of living led to a $100-a-day addiction to the painkiller OxyContin and to a...
Former bookkeeper charged with stealing at least $100K from social ...
Citizen's Voice
... 000 from an organization that helps mentally and physically disabled area residents, using the cash to finance her addiction ... HARRISBURG - State gambling regulators will consider a plan today to transfer ownership of Mount Airy Casin...
Upcoming editorial: Go after guns, not drugs
Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
Consider the example of Newark, N.J., a post-industrial city comparable to Baltimore in rates of unemployment, addiction ... His reporting has taken him to every county in Maryland as he's tracked issues ranging from slot machine gambling t...
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United Press International
The former "One Day at a Time" star, who has battled drug addiction for years, wrote in her new memoir, "High on Arrival ... And I just tell them, 'Well, Foxwoods gambling resort,'" Letterman says in his monolgue for Friday's edition of "La...
What Fantasy Baseball Can Learn From Football
Wall Street Journal
... studies stress and anxiety, suggests that fantasy baseball players more often show signs of stress-induced addiction to the game. "There's certainly a similarity between the behaviors observed in fantasy leagues and other activities suc...
Builders chomp at bit for casino OK
Boston Herald
C asino developers and experts in problem gambling met at an East Boston racetrack yesterday as the state considers plans to ... Gambling, brought together executives from Mohegan Sun, Wonderland Greyhound Park and Suffolk Downs with gambli...
Swindler sentenced to 52 months
The State
Monahan has all 10 major signs of classic gambling addiction, including denial, an over-inflated ego and a belief that he can win money given enough time, said a defense witness introduced to try to keep Monahan out of prison. With continue...
Sanity check
ESPN.com
At least gambling away money doesn't always clog your closets or arteries. Too much psycho gambling goes unchecked, untreated, or unimproved, because some of the losing bets are too stupid to talk about -- because the gambling addiction can...
Recovery: The New Black
Huffingtonpost.com
What I do see is addiction to money, and addictions never turn out well if left uncontrolled. Why did these financial ... You might ask the same question of a gambling addict, or a heroin addict as they return to the card table or needle af...
