re: Games of Skill - "Casinos" Skyrocketing in Arkansas

my problem is personal.

A member of my family totaled out her credit cards in Mississippi, took her car title to attempt to win back her losses, then even more.

It took her family going to that Casino, dragging her butt out and letting the casino know that she is no longer allowed to enter. Then we placed her in a facility for Gamblers to get help. Which was partially paid for by the casinos revenue...

The social care system in our state is already a joke. Casinos encourage risks, risks from a moral prospective that the majority of people attending the establishment are no wealthy, established individuals. but in stead, those looking for a windfall from their usage.

Leaving the state coffers, social programs at a even bigger disadvantage to take care of the children, health care, etc because these ignorant, poor bastards are hooked on gambling.

Both from a moral, and social standpoint this is one of the stupidest forms of brainwashing I have ever seen. The PR firms behind the gambling establishment are very good at their jobs.

In TX, those corner mart selling the majority of the lottery tickets were in the poorest, uneducated neighborhoods. And we don't care? Why? Because it keeps their money in the state.. Unbelievable. Money they got from the state to begin with, from our tax base. Then we use more of that money to educate them on their addiction supplied by the same state providing their fix.

I counsel with folks in these situations all of the time. I know from first hand experience what it entails. And I have seen the men beaten to a pulp who couldn't pay their gambling debt, their families lose their homes, and their kids placed in foster care. Paid for by???? Taxation from gambling... OMG! The definition of stupidity!