Against all odds - Part 1of 4

Documentary made by the BBC for Discovery. Concerns the growing issue of problem gambling in the US. Directed and edited by Mike Kleinsteuber

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Entertainment

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• BBC
• gambling
• problem gambling
• gambling addiction
• compulsive gambling

[NowKillYourself]

Gambling is simply the dream of making money for nothing. In reality it's just another form of GREED. These folks have a problem, sure, but to be brutally honest they're just a bunch of greedy fuckers that don't care.

[mikeklein888]

@NowKillYourself I think you're right for many people but in the case of compulsive gamblers there are other things involved which are much more complex.

Impulse control, which for most of us, is something with can deal with easily, is 'out of control' for some individuals. Don't be too quick to judge others using your own behaviour as a guideline. We're all wired differently and it only takes a small alteration in the wiring to make a huge difference in behaviour.

[planes3333]

I dont believe its a disease though, an addiction yes but not a disease!

[BeyondChange]

Gambling is a psychological disorder = psychological dependency

[brad22314]

I was doing ok before a casino opened less than an hour from my home. AC was far enough away I could resist the urge. Now I can jump in my car and be at one within the hour. Worst thing that ever happened to me. I am attending my first GA meeting this week. The casino is not to blame I am.

[mynor4596]

It is Nothing more than a Human Falier. It means you are not complitetly finish. You are Not an control of your own human feelings, or emossions. Pateric how you chose to be nothing more part of the system. You have two pills to choose from....and one of them can take you deep, deep and a hole, and I can also tell you; you will NOT find a white rabit in it. NOW CHOOSE

[Assilem30]

@mikeklein888 Well stated and very much on point.

[SLBON]

@NowKillYourself Yes, free money that they didn't have to earn. These casinos are a real racket. They mislead people, making them think it's so easy to win big jackpots but that's where they've got you by the balls. A person may have 1 big win, but then when they lose it all, they gamble even more trying to win the lost money back. A truly vicious circle. Heard a story about a woman who won almost 14 million while gambling and then she lost it all. Then she started stealing.

[TinhVutXaUocMo]

i don't think i want to gamble anymore...

[FinalQUEST990]

I go every now and then with some friends to have soe fun. 100$ gambling at most. It isn't a disease, it is an addiction which is pychological.

[sampleforyou]

I make sometimes bets on european footballmatches, but a lot of crime is involved. Because many times some things are just not possible. And many players, referees and others are sold, the mafia is betting on them from everywhere

[racingmylife15]

lol i about 99% of the money i've ever made was from poker and mma betting, so don't start with these bs.

i know there are plenty of people who lose money, but not everyone does.

i didn't spend thousands of hours for nothing...