Gamblers Shifting from Cash to Pennies

It is not the Las Vegas casinos alone that is feeling the brunt of the recession, but the Southern California’s tribal casinos as well.  Now, their gamblers pinch pennies, instead of shelling out cash.  The gamblers that wait at the high-stakes tables have dwindled, but the gamblers who are waiting for their turn at the slot machines have increased.

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Why Gambling Addicts Increase in Numbers

A college student who first played online poker for fun got so addicted to the game that she had pushed out the people who love her for online poker.  Aside from relationships that suffered, her schoolwork also suffered.  To avoid facing her problems and what it is doing to her education and relationships, she played more online poker to distract herself from her fast-dwindling bank account and brittle relationships.

This is a true story, and it happens anywhere where online poker is allowed.  And this gambling problem is increasing because there are many factors that add to this. Read more

No More Gambling Outside Casinos for the Citizens of Poland

The increasing rate of graft and corruption in the country as well as the increasing rate of gamblers with gambling addiction problems has alarmed the government of Poland, and because of this, the government has made a drastic change to its gambling laws.

By the end of this year, gambling will no longer be allowed in any establishments, except for casinos.

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Gambling Addict Up to His Neck in Casino Debts

If there is one thing that lures many gamblers into becoming high roller players is that it is the thought of winning huge amounts of money for so short a period.  We all know that high rollers can become millionaires in a roll of a dice or a turn of the card, and this is the dream of many gamblers, but when that dream becomes an obsession and turns into an addiction, the dream then becomes a nightmare.

Harry Kakavas – High Stakes Problem Gambler Read more

Gambling Life is Better in Canada

What do Canadian gamblers have that American gamblers do not?  A bigger take-home jackpot prize, that is, and no, it is not that the jackpot amounts are bigger but because Canadians are not taxed when they win a jackpot prize.  Canadian gamblers have it pretty good, right?  Not only do they get the whole amount of the jackpot prize, but they are also not taxed just because they hit it big when they landed the jackpot prize. Read more

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