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    Why Gambling Should be Illegal By amerten‚ Hopedale‚ MA More by this author Email me when amerten contributes work Image Credit: Andy G.‚ Phoenix‚ AZ Did you know that 40% of all problem gamblers started gambling before they were seventeen? Or that problem gambling causes the most suicides out of all the recognized addictions? Even with these facts‚ the most startling truth is that not one federal dollar‚ out of the billions collected in gambling taxes‚ has been spent to treat or help

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    Little did they know that this case would spark the beginning of a multi-billion dollar industry built on slot machines and card games. Gambling thrives on many Native American reservations. The impact of gambling reaches beyond reservation borders‚ providing jobs to the general public as well as income to Native American tribes. The early history of gambling on Native American reservations starts with a mobile home in 1972. Helen and Russell Bryan‚ a Native American couple living on a Minnesota

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    Gambling She took one last look out the window as they drove away‚ the tears streaming down her face. At the age of four‚ her world had fallen apart. Karina’s life started out as a perfect middle-class family‚ and soon turned into a broken mess. They had everything‚ a perfect house in a really nice part of the city‚ a nice car; everything was wonderful. As Karina got older‚ she began to notice things weren’t perfect. Her dad was never there. He was always out gambling in one way or another.

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    The main emphasis of the Vision is economically related。Vision 2020 is not just a goal for economic development but also a level of maturity to be achieved by Malaysian society. The Vision represents not only the challenge of economic development‚ but also the very idealization of national – popular unity: a concept captured in the Vision ideal of Bangsa (one nation) Malaysia.” [Hilley‚ 4] Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) it is intended for the construction of personal development aimed

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    Effect of Gambling

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    The Effects on You Problem gambling leads to adverse effects on your health‚ your relationships and your financial stability. The stress can result in anxiety‚ depression and stress-related problems such as poor sleep‚ ulcers‚ headaches and muscle pain Your reputation can be damaged due to lying about your gambling‚ not paying back loans or upholding work and family commitments  When it’s all you can think about‚ it has taken over your life  You worry about losing your job because you’re

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    Gambling Addiction

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    What is Gambling Addiction? While it may appear that addictions are solely pleasure-seeking behaviors‚ the roots of addiction can also be traced to a wish to suppress or avoid some kind of emotional pain. In the broadest sense‚ addictive or pathological gambling is gambling behavior which causes disruptions in any major area of life: psychological‚ physical‚ social or vocational. Addictive gambling is sometimes referred to as the "hidden illness‚" because there are no visible physical symptoms

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    Psychological Gambling

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    explored the relationship between gambling and health status. Both compulsive and pathological gambling are disorders related to obsession-compulsive disorder. The data supports the notion that gambling does affect with non-gambling health problems. The purpose of this article is to provide the information between gambling behaviors and substance use disorders‚ health associations‚ screening and treatment options for problem and pathological gambling. Pathological gambling is an addictive and stress proposing

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    Speech on Gambling

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    Rationale Good Morning Judges‚ my topic is gambling and the effects that it has on families. I chose this theme because when gambling problems are thought of in society the attention is often geared towards the emotions of the gambler but not a lot of attention is placed on the family who unfairly tend to suffer as much as the gambler himself. Gambling is the attempt to gain money‚ goods or service without an equal commitment to mutual exchange. In this sense‚ one must lose for another to gain

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    Pathological Gambling

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    the Psychological Disorder of Pathological Gambling The nature of gambling is not a new phenomenon in the twenty-first century. A historical context of the history of gambling begins before the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The history of humankind notes that the birth of gambling began 4‚000 years ago. In Larry L. Ashley’s and Karmen K. Boehlke’s article titled‚ Pathological Gambling: A General Overview‚ illustrates the historical traces of gambling from the country of China to the United States

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    Josh Eng 113.01 12:30-1:45 Research Report 1 February 7‚ 2012 Gambling Addiction A few years back my brother‚ Zach‚ started gambling. He started out with the small poker tables at a friend’s house. He would make a few dollars here and there‚ so he thought he could beat anyone. Zach thought he was untouchable‚ he thought he could be the system. It did not matter what it was. He thought he could beat it‚ from poker to roulette to betting on sports. He believed that he would win every time.

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