"Americans no longer believe the pitch that 'gambling is economic development,' and a 'painless revenue steam.' People aren't listening to thieves prmoting gambling as just another form of entertainment - like shopping and the movies.' The bloom is off the gambling rose and its thorns are starting to pierce the conciousness of America." _NCALG Executive Director Tom Grey
The banning of gambling in the US, well might result into good, and bad... Good for those who want it gone because of its negatice effects it has on some aspects like adding to crime rate to a certain state. But bad for those who are making money through gambling.
Gambling is the act of risking money, property or something of value on an activity with an uncertain outcome.15% of youth may be at risk of developing gambling problems. 8% of youth have gambling problems. Youth are four times more likely to get into trouble with gambling than adults. Gambling takes many forms, including: raffle tickets, lottery tickets or scratch and win tickets ; card games for money ; games of skill, such as pool, golf, arm wrestling or darts, for money ; and Sport Select.
Why Do People Gamble? Well, people gamble for a lot of reasons such as for fun or excitement, to escape or forget about problems, to win money and to feel challenged. Remember, the more time and money you spend on gambling, the less time and money you will have to do other things you enjoy.
Problem gamblers are more likely to be male than female, usually bet larger amounts on all forms of gambling, gamble more frequently, spend more time per gambling session, are more likely to have been in trouble with the police, and are more likely to say they have been rejected by family members.
Adolescents today are the first generation for whom gambling has been a fact of life. Although gambling is legal only to individuals 18 and older, today's adolescents have been exposed to a gambling industry that quite literally grew up with them. From resort destinations like Las Vegas and casinos throughout Washington State, to the increasing Internet and sports gambling, "youth have had more exposure to gambling during an age when vulnerability is high and risk taking behavior is a norm".1 Aggravated by a societal attitude that now condones any variety of gambling and State Lottery authorities that actively market gambling as an "everyone's a winner" proposition, teenagers are in danger of developing serious gambling problems, and, as studies show, adolescent gamblers are more likely than adults to become problem gamblers.2 Unfortunately, for too many Washington state adolescents, that danger is already a reality. An estimated 12-18% of all Washington state residents who have a severe gambling problem are under the age of 18.3
Another serious concern involves the prevalence of Internet gambling among adolescents. Given their knowledge of computers and familiarity with the Internet, young people find gambling on the Internet particularly appealing. As the Internet can be used anonymously, the danger exists that access to Internet gambling will be abused by adolescents. Studies have shown that most Internet gambling sites rely on the registrant to disclose his or her age and make little or no attempt to verify the accuracy of the information. The internet has been compared to crack cocaine by the director of the Harvard Medical School's Division on Addiction Studies, Dr. Howard J. Shaffer: "as smoking crack cocaine changed the cocaine experience, I think electronics is going to change the way gambling is experienced." Here are some claimed
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Policies must be adopted that penalize gambling operators for allowing underage gambling in their facilities. Currently, the Lottery is the only purveyor of gambling that penalizes sales to the underaged. For casino and card room owners there are no stated penalties for the sellers of gambling activities to minors.
So it's a balance of positive and negative for me. How about you? Hows it gonna be for
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