Lottery??? Gambling Help

[Fish2006]

Lottery = Bad Math Tax

The lottery is nothing more than a tax on people that failed basic math in grade school.

Put in $1, get out 50 cents. Hmmm.... makes even a bad handicapper look like Warren Buffet.

It is the chief reason why the government hates online gambling ... cheifly being that they don't like competition.

[CuseFan10]

I think we had this discussion at the "old place". I never play the lottery, and the only time I do scratch offs is if someone gets them for me as a present.

[homedawg]

I have been tryin' to get the wifey off the LOTTERY,
came across this article tonight and hope it could be helpful to others


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What is Pathological Gambling?

In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted Pathological (compulsive) Gambling as a "disorder of impulse control". It is an illness that is chronic and progressive but diagnosable and treatable.

Robert L. Custer, M.D. identified the progression of the illness as including three phases:
the winning phase
the losing phase
the desperation phase

During the winning phase , the gambler experiences a big win or series of wins that leaves him/her with unreasonable optimism that his/her winning will continue. This leads him/her to feel much excitement when gambling and he/she begins increasing the amount of his/her bets.

During the losing phase , the gambler often begins bragging about wins they've had, starts gambling alone, thinks more about gambling and borrows money legally or illegally. he/she starts lying to family and friends and becomes more irritable, restless and withdrawn. His/her home life becomes more unhappy and he/she is unable to pay off debts. The gambler begins to "chase" their losses by believing that after losing they must return as soon as possible to win back their losses.

During the desperation phase , there is a marked increase in the time spent gambling accompanied by remorse, blaming others and alienation from family and friends. Eventually the gambler may engage in illegal acts to finance their gambling, and experience hopelessness, suicide thoughts and attempts, arrests, divorce, alcohol and/or other drug abuse, or an emotional breakdown.

A Hidden Disease

Pathological Gambling is often a hidden disease because it is not detectable by only looking at a person. It cannot be detected by a breath or blood test nor does it leave needle marks. Compulsive gamblers hide their lottery tickets, sports picks, etc. from their family, friends and co-workers. Gambling may be a means of escaping from other problems in marriage or at work so it may go unnoticed as a significant problem itself.

Do you have a gambling problem?

Gambler's Anonymous asks its new members twenty questions. Pathological gamblers usually answer yes to at least seven of these questions:

Did you ever lose time from work due to gambling?
Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?
Did gambling affect your reputation?
Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
Did you ever gamble to get money in which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
After losing, did you feel you must return as soon as possible to win back your losses?
After a win, did you have a strong urge to return and win more?
Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone?
Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
Have you ever sold anything to finance your gambling?
Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself and your family?
Did you ever gamble longer than you planned?
Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?
Have you ever committed, or considered committing an illegal act to finance gambling?
Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?

Who is Affected?

Pathological gambling affects the gambler, their family, their employer and the community. As the gambler goes through the phases of their addiction as mentioned above, they spend less time with their family, spend more of the family's money on gambling until their bank accounts are depleted and then may steal money from family members.

At work, the pathological gambler misuses time in order to gamble, has difficulty concentrating and finishing projects, may show abnormal mood swings and may engage in embezzlement, employee theft, or other illegal activities.

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I gamble and she knows I am winning $$$, but she dont like sports, and decided to take on the LOTTERY. She started with a dollar here or a dollar there. Now its $20.00-40.00 PER DAY, and wont quit when she gets ahead for the day!




THE LOTTERY IS A JOKE!!! odds are stacked against you!

She wont ****in' listen:bang:


I prolly should call doctor Phil

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