[Morpheus2009]

I am no psychiatrist, but I have heard gambling isn’t too easy to treat.

[Vigilanteman]

Yeah. Now they need to legalize whorehouses and drugs to generate the tax revenue to replace that lost from gambling. < / sarcasm >

[Usagi_yo]

Gambling creates nothing. It’s a black hole that sucks money out of communities. Think of it as reverse wealth redistribution.

Even the jobs it creates becomes problematic as it introduces graft, extortion and bribery to get some of those lucrative dealer or cocktail waitress jobs.

Gambling is a sign of a society that has too much wealth wasting away. They shouldn’t ban it, but it should be highly regulated with limited accessibility. A casino should always be a planned destination, not an impulse stop because you’ve driven by one.

[hinckley buzzard]

I worked in an inpatient treatment program for compulsive gamblers for several years back in the past. The devastation in their lives and the lives of loved ones was severe. Treatment followed the addiction model, with abstinence and twelve step support, but the personality variables made it even more difficult than treatment for alcoholism.

Gamblers are very narcissistic and while usually bright, given to magical thinking that borders on the delusional. No, not easy to treat successfully.

[Elsie]

I am no psychiatrist, but I have heard gambling isn’t too easy to treat.