With Casino’s popping up all
over the world casino’s continue to get rich off of innocent
people. These people are our family and friends who innocently
went to a gambling establishment with the hopes of having a nice
night. Unwillingly the casinos grab hold of the innocent and
refuse to let go until they have taken every penny they have
earned.
I met two seniors Charlie
and Camille who were married for almost forty five years. After
they retired they were asked to go over to the local casino.
They were excited and were looking forward to removing the
boredom in their lives. The first time they went there they
enjoyed the entertainment, the atmosphere and their chance to
win big. Camille was sixty six and Charlie was sixty eight
years old. They had already retired a year earlier. Camille
really enjoyed the Casino. They started going one day week the
first two months then after a short time they were going four
days a week. Charlie had no concerns because Camille handled
the finances. He figured they were doing well. He wasn’t much
of gambler. He enjoyed watching other people and relaxing at
the bar. Camille was at the slot machine hoping to win big.
With out Charlie knowing, Camille had withdrawn their pensions
and savings. The day finally came three years one month two
days from the day they went to the casino for the first time.
Camille had to tell Charlie they were broke. This was a horror
story to me. Charlie had to go back to work at seventy years
old in order to survive. I could not believe that two people,
who lead very conservative lives, worked hard, paid their taxes
and raised three children. This family is family you would be
proud to call American. How could this happen? Did the
gambling establishments know Camille had a problem? Why didn’t
their children know? Why would our government allow this to
happen to good respectable people? Should their government
reimburse them for all their losses? And Do the people who voted
yes for gambling now realize the devastation it has causing to
innocent people? These questions need to be answered in order to
help prevent this from happening our families and friends.
There are so many lives who
have be negatively affected gambling addiction, how can other
local communities still vote to allow new casino’s to be open?
And why do our politicians continue to push for Casino’s in
their area? Once again there now are more and more questions to
be answered and hope local governments open their eyes to the
devastation it is causing through out the world.
