Compulsive Gambling, Problem Gambling, Gambling Addiction
February 21st, 2010 | by admin |
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“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 was in desperate trouble and I knew I was sick, sick, and needed help. And I still didn’t want to stop,” Melanie Morgan.
“You might think the opportunity to gamble non-stop would be limited to a trip to Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but the temptation is everywhere. Visit here in Phoenix and you’ll be greeted with the Arizona Casino guide, listing 22 casinos, dog racing, horse racing, bingo and more,” Kauffman.
“I won $10,000 playing bingo. It just hooks you right in,” former compulsive gambler.
“Slot machines,” another compulsive gambler.
“Mine wasn’t slots, it was draw poker,” another compulsive gambler.
“I sat down with three women in recovery from compulsive gambling: Shannon, Freda, and Vicki,”
“Do you have any idea how much you’ve lost to gambling?” Kauffman.
“I’ve lost $300,000. It was all of my retirement money,” Vicki.
“I have thought it was around $35,000 but my husband has stated that it’s around $50,000,” Shannon.
“It was around $115,000 to $200,000,” Freda.
“But Freda lost a lot more than that. She lost a year of her life when she went to prison after stealing cash to gamble,” Kauffman.
“The sick compulsive gambler will do whatever they have to do to gamble,” Freda.
“It makes me think about a drug addict who steals to get the drugs,” Kauffman.
“It’s an addiction. It is an addiction,” Freda.
“Psychologist Paul Good says that it used to be women used to gamble to escape their every day life, but now more are being lured simply by the action,” Kauffman.
“A sense of excitement, of being on the edge. You are literally holding your fate in your own hands at a poker table. For a women, that could be a powerful riveting experience,” Paul Good, psychologist.
“Is it a high? Is it a euphoria?” Kauffman.
“Oh yes. Oh yes it is. It’s like a drug,” Freda.
“Especially when you hear the bells ringing,” background voice.
“According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, in the 1980s just a handful of women sought treatment for gambling addiction. Today, almost half of those seeking help for gambling addiction are female,” Kauffman.
“You are going to see gambling take its place alongside alcoholism and drug abuse as being one of the most significant addictions of our time,” Paul Good, Psychologist.
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25 Responses to “Compulsive Gambling, Problem Gambling, Gambling Addiction”
By ZurnaWdahol on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
It’s a very thin …
It’s a very thin line between “addiction” and “entertainment”
I make about 3000$ a month, spend about 300$ on scratch tickets and casino. If I never win, that’s it for this month, if I win then I would use the money for something good (not waste it all on gambling).
On April 09 I hit 1750$ in the casino, I used them to pay my property tax and gave some to our local Church. On July 09 I hit 730$ I put new tires on my car.
Know your limits, play within it.
By ShaneBarrywoeas on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
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By roaringwaterbay on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
poker isn’t a fun …
poker isn’t a fun game.
By RedPillLondon on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
Check out Jimmy ‘ …
Check out Jimmy ‘the heat’ Montana – his motto is “don’t pay for it, play for it”
By RedPillLondon on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
You should try …
You should try playing for food – you lose that back the next night! Check the vids of Jimmy Montana showing you how!
By RedPillLondon on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
I hear what you’re …
I hear what you’re sayin’ there C – Jimmy Montana plays for food!
By crlfdpta on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
gambling is an …
gambling is an addiction. but it can be helpfull too!
i’m a student and i wanted to buy my driving licence, but almost no money to spare,
Went to a casino and bet 300 euros on red.
after that i just simply left… got what i wanted , but i understand why ppl can hook up on gaming.
By darooguy on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
I sit down and win …
I sit down and win money one night, throw it back the next. its what i do.
baseball bat, aim for my skull, strike repeatedly until i’m knocked out, then keeping striking and don’t stop until i’m dead. solution for degenerate gambling scum like me. thank you
By no1petedohertyfan on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
u cant be a former …
u cant be a former addict sheel always have the illness she can just arrest it
By stonerdrunk on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
read a few comments …
read a few comments and i cant stop betting on sports 5 dollars like every 2 hours then i finally win after a few days then i lose it again this gone on for last 7 months i finally got up to 1300 of 5 dollars to lose it on chelsea in epl soccer that was a week ago i feel so down its crazy i put 30 in today on then put the 60 on a gridiron team they finally got in front with 45 sec to go ,yay then a 89 yard touch down from other team with 4 sec to go ,192 dollars lost there its so harsh /cry
By theconfusion105 on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
Trust me, It will …
Trust me, It will get better.
By 204union on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
cnbc doing a …
cnbc doing a documentary on this multi-billion dollar ILLEGAL part of the industry
on Wednesday dec 16th at 9p eastern
By petr0nilo on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
i feel the exact …
i feel the exact same way. im 21 and ever since i turned 18 i lost all my money. i have nothing saved up and just keep throwing my money on gambling. i also lost my gf cuz of my gambling addiction. im in debt and have no job anymore just like you. and i stole just to gamble and my family hates me and i also feel like killing myself. gambling ruined my life man.
By ArizonaDelRio on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
I worked in the …
I worked in the casinos for 13 years and eventually quit. Watching people destroy themselves was too much to bear after so long. That, and most casino management is composed of pure assholes. It’s a business from top to bottom.
By BlockBasstard on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
haha look at all …
haha look at all those losers in this video
By janero2luv on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
right on. i am a …
right on. i am a recovering gambler and it’s a long story
By sammygee17 on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
poker isn’t a game …
poker isn’t a game of chance because a successful strategy will win over the long run, which you don’t find with any other game, whether it be blackjack, craps, the slots …
In saying that, the real winners from poker are the websites and casinos, because you are taking the risk, and they are not.
So if you have problem gambling, I don’t think you should justify your gambling by playing poker instead of other games.
By 4trudivas on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
ive been helped! …
ive been helped! abundantlivingfirst, com helped me to make real money again! no more loosing things.
By janero2luv on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
hey don’t worry you …
hey don’t worry you are not alone we all feel the same way too i actually stole money from my mom and she may find out
By puppyshoes on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
I sorry to hear …
I sorry to hear that.
By ALAMINUK on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
Salutations of …
Salutations of Peace.
Allah says in the Qur’an: “Do they NOT consider the Qur’an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy. Qur’an 4:82
“Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?” Qur’an21:30
I invite you to the House of Islam in peace.
By ALAMINUK on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
By ALAMINUK on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
By ALAMINUK on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”
By ALAMINUK on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply
O ye who believe! …
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, r an abomination, of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity n hatred between you, with intoxicants n gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain? Quran 5: 90-91
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Whatever intoxicates in a greater quantity is also unlawful in a small quantity.”