Compulsive Gambling, Problem Gambling, Gambling Addiction

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prokopton
March 23, 2008

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"Whether it's in a casino or online, poker and other games of chance are becoming increasingly popular. It's not just men who are addicted, a growing number of women are becoming compulsive gamblers, too. Early Show correspondent Hattie Kauffman takes a closer look at the troubling trend," news anchor.

"The reality is the longer you gamble compulsively, which is what I was doing, the more you become a compulsive liar," Melanie Morgan, former gambling addict.

"In the 1980s Melanie Morgan was a successful television anchor until her gambling addiction cost her, her job and nearly destroyed her marriage," Hattie Kauffman, CBS national correspondent.

"I would lie about where I was going, what I was doing, who I was with, how much money I was spending," Melanie Morgan.

"Even her pregnancy did not stop Melanie from gambling," Hattie Kauffman.

"Of course I was in a terrible environment, smoke-filled rooms, hardly taking care of myself. I was gambling until an hour before I gave birth," Melanie Morgan.

"After her son was born, she often left the infant with an assortment of babysitters," Kauffman.

"I remember packing up the baby one day and driving around to each of the card rooms where I thought she might be and finally locating her and taking the baby in its carrier and putting the baby in the middle of the poker table and saying, 'You got a choice. You want to play cards or you want to be a Mom?'" Jack Morgan, Melanie's husband.

"I knew at that point I was in desperate trouble and I knew I was sick, sick, and needed help. And I still didn't want to stop," Melanie Morgan.

"You might think the opportunity to gamble non-stop would be limited to a trip to Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but the temptation is everywhere. Visit here in Phoenix and you'll be greeted with the Arizona Casino guide, listing 22 casinos, dog racing, horse racing, bingo and more," Kauffman.

"I won $10,000 playing bingo. It just hooks you right in," former compulsive gambler.

"Slot machines," another compulsive gambler.

"Mine wasn't slots, it was draw poker," another compulsive gambler.

"I sat down with three women in recovery from compulsive gambling: Shannon, Freda, and Vicki,"

"Do you have any idea how much you've lost to gambling?" Kauffman.

"I've lost $300,000. It was all of my retirement money," Vicki.

"I have thought it was around $35,000 but my husband has stated that it's around $50,000," Shannon.

"It was around $115,000 to $200,000," Freda.

"But Freda lost a lot more than that. She lost a year of her life when she went to prison after stealing cash to gamble," Kauffman.

"The sick compulsive gambler will do whatever they have to do to gamble," Freda.

"It makes me think about a drug addict who steals to get the drugs," Kauffman.

"It's an addiction. It is an addiction," Freda.

"Psychologist Paul Good says that it used to be women used to gamble to escape their every day life, but now more are being lured simply by the action," Kauffman.

"A sense of excitement, of being on the edge. You are literally holding your fate in your own hands at a poker table. For a women, that could be a powerful riveting experience," Paul Good, psychologist.

"Is it a high? Is it a euphoria?" Kauffman.

"Oh yes. Oh yes it is. It's like a drug," Freda.

"Especially when you hear the bells ringing," background voice.

"According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, in the 1980s just a handful of women sought treatment for gambling addiction. Today, almost half of those seeking help for gambling addiction are female," Kauffman.

"You are going to see gambling take its place alongside alcoholism and drug abuse as being one of the most significant addictions of our time," Paul Good, Psychologist.
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stonerdrunk (15 hours ago) Show Hide

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read a few comments and i cant stop betting on sports 5 dollars like every 2 hours then i finally win after a few days then i lose it again this gone on for last 7 months i finally got up to 1300 of 5 dollars to lose it on chelsea in epl soccer that was a week ago i feel so down its crazy i put 30 in today on then put the 60 on a gridiron team they finally got in front with 45 sec to go ,yay then a 89 yard touch down from other team with 4 sec to go ,192 dollars lost there its so harsh /cry

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Trust me, It will get better.

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cnbc doing a documentary on this multi-billion dollar ILLEGAL part of the industry
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i feel the exact same way. im 21 and ever since i turned 18 i lost all my money. i have nothing saved up and just keep throwing my money on gambling. i also lost my gf cuz of my gambling addiction. im in debt and have no job anymore just like you. and i stole just to gamble and my family hates me and i also feel like killing myself. gambling ruined my life man.

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I worked in the casinos for 13 years and eventually quit. Watching people destroy themselves was too much to bear after so long. That, and most casino management is composed of pure assholes. It's a shitty business from top to bottom.

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poker isn't a game of chance because a successful strategy will win over the long run, which you don't find with any other game, whether it be blackjack, craps, the slots ...
In saying that, the real winners from poker are the websites and casinos, because you are taking the risk, and they are not.
So if you have problem gambling, I don't think you should justify your gambling by playing poker instead of other games.

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right on. i am a recovering gambler and it's a long story

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