Gambling establishments continue to
negatively affect our community by taking
needed resources for personal gain. Since
legalizing gambling, our society is addicted
in one form or another.
The following has
situations have occurred since legalizing gambling:
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Illegal gambling
increases even though gambling has been legalized.
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Gambling addiction is
escalating with no end in site.
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Gambling addiction
rates are double for those living near a gambling establishment.
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Personal bankruptcy
rates are higher in countries that have gambling establishment.
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Crime rates are on the
rise due to desperate individuals who are trying to recover gambling
loses.
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Fraud and embezzlement
become common among formerly hard-working and highly trusted people.
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Suicide rates among
addicted gamblers are greater then any other addiction.
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Local businesses have
lost revenues and or have gone bankrupt
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Families lost all
their resources due to a spouse having a gambling addiction.
With every day that
passes more and more people realize someone around them lost their
savings at the gambling establishment.
My town is twenty nine
miles from the nearest gambling establishment. On my block alone
more then fifty percent of the people know some one who lost their
life savings. On the same block only twenty percent know someone
close who has a drug addiction.
As you educate yourself
you start to realize there is a problem and something needs to be
done before it gets out of control.
Governments need to take
the time to realize that gambling addiction is a silent addiction
and the negative affects are never felt in the short run. It’s up
to them to implement procedures to halt this addiction if it’s not
too late.
