Pathological Gambling, a Portrait

[FLASH1296]

I have made available to my comrades here, a video that should be seen.
I converted it into several formats so that anyone will be able to view it.

(Dead link: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=04fcfc4320acbaf89a1e730dc10c81cdc452e37865534ade)

 

[daddybo]

Good video. The temptation is always there ... Even when you know what you are doing.

 

[Finn Dog]

Requiring people to first get a license, based on financial solvency, prior to being able to gamble in order to thwart degenerates:

Interesting.

An infringement on the personal liberties of responsible people, yes--but an interesting concept nonetheless (given the point about needing a license to pull fish out of a creek--and how everything else is regulated in this overly-sensitive PC society). Man, the casinos would hate that.

I guess the degenerates who couldn't get a license would just go underground.

 

[Automatic Monkey]

I wonder how the casinos would feel about it.

What it would do, essentially, is ban the poor from casinos, making every casino just one big high-roller area. So the question for them is can they make more money from the nickel slot players or the $1K craps and BJ players, most of whom would rather not associate with the bus patrons in their leisure time.

 

[aslan]

What it would do is foster a criminal gambling underground. You can't deprive the people who most need to hit it big, the opportunity to try their luck, even if it is a stupid move on their part. Gamblers who are carrying their life savings in their pocket are the most daring and dangerous gamblers of them all--in a sense, they have nothing to lose. You will never keep these super highly motivated gamblers from gambling. Never.